Lifeskills: eight simple ways to build stronger relationships, communicate more clearly, and improve your health
✍ Scribed by Williams, Virginia; Williams, Virginia Parrott; Williams, Redford
- Publisher
- Random House, Inc.
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780812931969
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Amazon.com Review
Psychiatrist Redford Williams and historian Virginia Williams turned their hostility workshop into Lifeskills is based on a program for improving relationships that they run at Duke University Medical Center. They emphasize that good relationships have physical as well as emotional benefits, lowering stress and increasing resistance to disease. Then, through scientific studies and a variety of exercises, the authors present ways to understand yourself better, communicate more clearly, and emphasize the positive in your interactions with others. There's nothing mysterious in Lifeskills; recommendations include listening attentively, reflecting on information that someone has told you, and asserting what you want in a given situation. Anyone having trouble getting along with others will find Lifeskills to be a useful guide.
From Library Journal
Virginia Williams, workshop organizer and historian, and Redford Williams, director of behavioral research at Duke University Medical Center, are following up their best-selling Anger Kills (Random, 1993) with another book designed to help people improve their lives. Citing much medical research, the Williamses show how poor relationships and bad attitudes can harm not only mental health but also physical health. Their book teaches people how to improve attitudes, communication, and relationships, all of which will improve health. Designed for the lay reader, Lifeskills is easy to read, with step-by-step instructions, good examples, and lots of excellent advice. What most separates this self-help book from scores of others are the frequent references to respected researchers in the behavioral sciences and the extensive bibliography. Highly recommended for all libraries.?Elizabeth Caulfield Felt, Holland Lib., Washington State Univ., Pullman
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