How Loving Couples Fight: Twelve Essential Tools for Working Through the Hurt

Why are some of our worst fights with the ones we love best? This is a question all of us have asked from time to time. But have faith! in this book. you will learn that these conflicts are normal. In fact, if you follow the author's prescription they can guide you to the most enduring strengths and higest pleasures of your relationship. By employing the author's twelve easy-to-use tools, you can settle your differences with loved one quickly and amicably. You can move through the combat zones with love and caring, instead of falling prey to out-and-out wars, brooding silences or ongoing hostility. This book is packed with real life anecdotes, along with easy-to-follow instructions that will have you and your partner observing, listening and reaching out to each other even when you are most upset. Written in a warm, personal style, this book is invaluable for anyone who dreams of building a supportive and loving relationship.

"A fresh most helpful insightful and practical guide to help couples explore better ways of solving their relationship problems." -- Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D. Co-author of Love is the Answer

"An excellent guide! No book gives better easy-to-follow advice-complete with examples-on how to handle the fights that are bound to come up in the family in the office and elsewhere" -- Roger Fisher, Director Harvard Negotiation Project, Co-author of Getting to Yes

"[How Loving Couples Fight] is supporting and inspiring. It shows us how to deal with life's inevitable conflicts and still have a relationship when the dust settles." -- Ken Keyes, Jr., Author, Handbook to Higher Consciousness