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Lifeskills

8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly, and Improve Your Health...

Dr. Redford Williams Redford Brown Williams

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English
Random House USA Inc
15 June 1999
Here are the eight skills this book will help you master-

1. Identify your thoughts and feelings- how to tap into your feelings, especially the negative ones 2. Evaluate your negative feelings, negative thoughts, and options- how to decide when to take action 3. Communicate better- how to be a more effective listener and speaker 4. Empathize with others to understand their behavior- how to appreciate a situation from someone else's point of view 5. Do problem-solving- how to define the problem, generate alternatives, and evaluate the outcomes 6. Practice assertion- how to get others to do what you want 7. Practice acceptance- how to back off without feeling like a failure 8. Emphasize the positive- how to build better relationships using a proven ratio of positive to negative interactions

Lifeskills shows how building better relationships is an essential part of preserving health--and offers eight clear steps anyone can use to make that happen.
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Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   425g
ISBN:   9780812931969
ISBN 10:   0812931963
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Virginia Williams, Ph.D., is a historian and author. Redford Williams, M.D., is director of The Behavioral Medical Research Center at Duke University and a professor of psychiatry and an associate professor of medicine. Their last collaboration was Anger Kills- Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health.

Reviews for Lifeskills: 8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly, and Improve Your Health

Praise for Lifeskills -Lifeskills is a practical manual for physical well-being and healthy relationships through cultivating the basics of emotional intelligence.---Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence -An enormously useful, informative, and empathic guide for refining our navigational skills as we negotiate the constantly changing and challenging terrain of life. A very valuable, multidimensional resource.---Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., coauthor, Everyday Blessings, and author, Wherever You Go, There You Are Praise for Lifeskills Lifeskills is a practical manual for physical well-being and healthy relationships through cultivating the basics of emotional intelligence. --Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence An enormously useful, informative, and empathic guide for refining our navigational skills as we negotiate the constantly changing and challenging terrain of life. A very valuable, multidimensional resource. --Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., coauthor, Everyday Blessings, and author, Wherever You Go, There You Are Praise for Lifeskills Lifeskills is a practical manual for physical well-being and healthy relationships through cultivating the basics of emotional intelligence. --Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence An enormously useful, informative, and empathic guide for refining our navigational skills as we negotiate the constantly changing and challenging terrain of life. A very valuable, multidimensional resource. --Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., coauthor, Everyday Blessings, and author, Wherever You Go, There You Are


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