Genuine Validation: Compassionate Communication That Transforms Difficult Relationships at Home and Work

If you want to communicate more effectively in difficult situations, then you will love this book!

Do you know someone who has frequent emotional crises?  Have you felt the brunt of someone’s angry stonewalling?  Does your frustration, fear, or confusion prevent you from responding effectively?

Or perhaps you want to connect with others and the relationship is not difficult, but you feel uncomfortable and just don’t know what to say.

Genuine Validation will guide you step-by-step to develop powerful communication that can deepen your connection with your family, friends, co-workers, and even strangers.  You will learn how to cultivate the wisdom to communicate through presence, gestures, facial expressions, and actions. You will be able to find the right words that can soothe and calm a tense situation.  You will learn how to have healthier interactions, deeper relationships, and more meaningful communications. This book will guide you through social and emotional intelligence skills that are the foundation for transforming your relationship with others—and with yourself!

Corrine Stoewsand is a personal coach and trainer who teaches mindfulness, social, and emotional skills to individuals, families, and mental health professionals. She is an expert at communicating effectively when emotions run high and has been teaching these skills in workshops for over ten years and in eight countries in North and South America. Her work is drawn from the emerging field of mindfulness in western psychology, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and other evidence-based psychotherapies, and the new contemplative neuroscience of attention, compassion and enlightenment. She has dedicated her life to helping individuals and families reduce interpersonal conflict and emotional distress through the cultivation of wisdom and compassion.

Corrine Stoewsand is a personal coach and trainer who teaches mindfulness, social, and emotional skills to individuals, families, and mental health professionals. She is an expert at communicating effectively when emotions run high and has been teaching these skills in workshops for over ten years and in eight countries in North and South America. Her work is drawn from the emerging fields of mindfulness and compassion in western psychology, Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and other evidence-based psychotherapies, and the new contemplative neuroscience of attention, compassion and enlightenment. She has dedicated her life to helping individuals and families reduce interpersonal conflict and emotional distress through the cultivation of wisdom and compassion.

Dr. Pablo Gagliesi is a psychiatrist who trains and supervises teams of mental health professionals in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). He is the founder of Fundacion Foro in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has been instrumental in bringing DBT to nearly every country in Latin America.