Love Talk Softcover - Paperback

by Les Parrott (Author), Leslie Parrott (Author)

A deep yet simple guide to revolutionizing the romance-building communication every thriving marriage needs.

Love Talk is like no other communication book you've ever read. The fruit of years of research by two foremost relationship experts (who also happen to be husband and wife), this book forges a new path to the heart of loving conversation. You'll begin by identifying your security need and determining your personal communication style. Then you'll put together everything you discover to learn how the two of you can speak each other's language like never before.

This very day, you can begin an adventure in communication that will draw the two of you closer, and closer, and closer . . . consistently, in a way that creates the depth and connection you long for in your relationship.

Love Talk includes:

• The all-new Better Love Assessment
• The secret to emotional connection
• When not to talk
• A Communications 101 primer
• Practical help for the "silent partner"

Need help kick-starting your conversations? Check out the companion men's and women's Love Talk workbooks, as well as Love Talk Starters.

Back Jacket

A breakthrough discovery in communication for transforming love relationships Over and over couples consistently name 'improved communication' as the greatest need in their relationships. Love Talk---by acclaimed relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott---is a deep yet simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships. The first steps to improving this single most important factor in any marriage or love relationship are to identify your fear factors and determine your personal communication styles, and then learn how the two of you can best interact. In this no-nonsense book, 'psychobabble' is translated into easy-to-understand language that clearly teaches you what you need to do---and not do---for speaking each other's language like you never have before. * The Secret to Emotional Connection * Charts and sample conversations * The most important conversation you'll ever have * A short course on Communication 101 * Appendix on Practical Help for the 'Silent Partner' Two softcover 'his and hers' workbooks are full of lively exercises and enlightening self-tests that help couples apply what they are learning about communication directly to their relationships. Love Talk is also available as an abridged Audio Pages CD.

Author Biography

Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are founders of RealRelationships.com and the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University. Their bestselling books include Love Talk, Crazy Good Sex, and the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. Their work has been featured in the New York Times and USA Today, and they have appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, and Oprah. They live with their two young sons in Seattle.