The Relationship Cure

A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships

By: John Gottman PhD, Joan DeClaire

Narrated by: John Gottman PhD

Leading relationship expert and best selling author Dr. John Gottman presents a revolutionary five-step program for repairing troubled relationships - with spouses, children, friends, and even colleagues. Drawing on a host of powerful new studies Gottman provides the tools you need to make your relationships thrive.

Introducing the empowering concept of the "emotional bid," Gottman shows that all good relationships are built through a process of making and receiving successful bids. His simple yet life-transforming program shows listeners how to become master bidders by effectively turning toward others. He draws on the latest research to show listeners how the brain's unique emotional command systems, as well as each person's emotional heritage - their upbringing, life experiences, and enduring vulnerabilities - affect how they make and receive bids, and how to make adjustments. He then introduces a set of enjoyable and remarkably effective ways to deepen connections by finding shared meaning and honoring one another's dreams. The final chapter offers specially tailored programs for life's most important relationships: with lovers or spouses, children, adult siblings, friends, and co-workers.

©2001 John Gottman, Ph.D., and Joan DeClaire (P)2001 Random House, Inc.

Excellent

I really enjoy hearing John Gottman speaking.
I prefer all audible books that the true specialized person speaks.

Thank You

Excellent!!

Dr. Gottman skillfully and comprehensively explains many different factors to be mindful of when relating to family, friends, and co workers! He reads his own book here very well!!

Insightful

Thorough investigation on how our emotional command system works and good examples.
It’s a good book.

A must read

Great book for couples at any stage of their relationship. Whether you are just starting out our have a relationship on the rocks, this book helps you understand and appreciate the other person's perspective. This allows you to understand the most appropriate ways to respond and react to keep things moving in the right direction. It's not easy at times, but worth it.

Part of the puzzle

This is a practical guide, helpful for current relationships, and future. This book was a step in me realizing that I was in an abusive relationship with an NPD. It helped me see it was a one-way-relationship. Now I look for that give & take, the back & forth of exchange.

eye opening for me to listen and connect to people

This book was eye opening for me to listen and learn how I connect to people.

Love this book

I love this book and have read it several times over the years. I love the audio version. 1000 times over I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone.

Consistent and realistic

Would recommend. Sound teaching. Pleasant narrator. Great wisdom and practical advice. unbiased approach to relationship advice.

The Relationship Cure

It's no wonder that Professor / Dr. John Gottman is known as the relationship guru! This book is fantastic - and an absolute must-read for all who are interested in improving their knowledge and skills in work relationships, emotional intelligence, body language reading, parenting techniques, and more. I tremendously enjoyed the read and truly recommend it.

A must read!

I’ve already ordered a hardcopy and re-listened to several chapterss. Packed with valuable tools for every human relationship.