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The Relationship Cure
A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships
by John Gottman
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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (June 25 2002)
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Chapter 1: How We Connect Emotionally
A work team at one of Seattle's floundering Internet companies has a problem that's common in many workplaces: They can't communicate with their boss. If you catch a few team members at a local tavern after hours, you're likely to hear an exchange

Chapter 1: How We Connect Emotionally
A work team at one of Seattle's floundering Internet companies has a problem that's common in many workplaces: They can't communicate with their boss. If you catch a few team members at a local tavern after hours, you're likely to hear an exchange

Chapter 1: How We Connect Emotionally
A work team at one of Seattle's floundering Internet companies has a problem that's common in many workplaces: They can't communicate with their boss. If you catch a few team members at a local tavern after hours, you're likely to hear an exchange



Book Description

From the country's foremost relationship expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. John M. Gottman comes a powerful, simple five-step program, based on twenty years of innovative research, for greatly improving all of the relationships in your life-with spouses and lovers, children, siblings, and even your colleagues at work. In The Relationship Cure, Dr. Gottman:

• Reveals the key elements of healthy relationships, emphasizing the importance of what he calls "emotional connection"

• Introduces the powerful new concept of the emotional "bid," the fundamental unit of emotional connection

• Provides remarkably empowering tools for improving the way you bid for emotional connection and how you respond to others' bids

About the Author

John M. Gottman, Ph.D.John M. Gottman, Ph.D.

John M. Gottman, Ph.D., is the cofounder and co-director of the Gottman Institute, along with his wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman. He is also the James W. Mifflin Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle and the recipient of numerous national and international awards for his groundbreaking relationship research. His work has been featured on many national television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, Dateline, and Good Morning America.

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