Patty Howell

Patty Howell, Ed.M., A.G.C., is President of Healthy Relationships California, a non-profit organization that has taught evidence-based relationship skills to more than 250,000 California couples, parents, dads, and singles since 2005.

Patty is also an international trainer who has taught in 15 countries around the world, and an author whose books have been translated into 12 languages. Her expertise in communication and conflict resolution skills is reflected in "World Class Marriage" that she co-wrote with her late husband, Ralph Jones. Patty is also the author of numerous training programs including "World Class Relationships for Work & Home", "Raising World Class Kids", "Anger Management", "Getting Healthy", "Management and Self-Esteem", "Dealing with Difficult Emotions" and "Parenting in the Digital Age". For information, visit www.RelationshipsCA.org

She has created several international friendship projects which she talks about in her Girl Power book called "Zoey's Rose Garden"--the first in her intended Girl Power Series.

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In reflecting about my writing, I see that my motivations are to help readers create satisfaction from their relationships and find the courage to do things that have a positive impact on others.

I enjoy taking insights from research literature and turning these into nuggets of gold that are useful for everyone. One focus is on relationship skills and psychosocial education programs that strengthen relationships and family well-being. A second interest is to empower teens and pre-teens through inspirational true tales that help them step beyond their fears and make meaningful contributions to the lives of others. We were all young and unskilled once, so I like sharing my knowledge in ways that empower people to create lives that have meaning and satisfaction.

The next book I am working on reflects my biggest challenge yet: Tentatively titled "Nurturing Myself through Widowhood", this book will take the reader from my early days and weeks after Ralph's death through the next year and one-half as I work to deal with tremendous grief and look for new sources of satisfaction in my life.

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Like many people, I struggled to figure out what things I could do that would make a meaningful contribution to people's lives. Nothing that I thought I could accomplish seemed worthy enough. I have found release from considerable hesitation from a simple statement of Gandhi's: "Everything you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."

This thought empowers me and I hope you'll enjoy my writing and find it of value to your life!