The Relationship Skills Workbook: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to a Thriving Relationship

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