The Relationship Skills Workbook

What are the ingredients of a successful and enduring relationship? Love, passion, and commitment are all vital-yet without certain basic skills, even the most devoted partners can find themselves descending into arguments, power struggles, and disillusionment. With The Relationship Skills Workbook, Dr. Julia Colwell presents a practical guide for building a conscious partnership based on cooperation and trust-offering relationship-saving techniques and on-the-spot conflict resolution tools for disarming the explosive clashes that most commonly break couples apart. In this friendly and easy-to-use resource, Dr. Colwell teaches you essential tools for: Crisis and conflict first aid-communication strategies and emotional mastery techniques to stop arguing and start connecting . Getting unstuck from power struggles-how to shift from deadlock to mutual responsibility and support . Ending the blame game-letting go of accusation and resentment to create win-win agreements . Supporting each other‘s growth and success-how to retain your personal autonomy while fully committing to your partner‘s happiness . Moving from reactivity to creative solutions-techniques to keep your brain‘s flight-or-fight instinct from undermining your heart‘s desires . Sustaining love, passion, and romance-how you can choose to create a magnificent relationship together "Relationships, while seemingly complicated, don‘t have to be so mysterious," Dr. Colwell says. "What I‘ve learned from my decades of personal and professional experiences is that a few elegantly simple concepts and skills can help any couple through the most difficult spots-and help us transform conflict into intimacy, passion, and ever-deepening love."