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"Life is relationships; the rest is just details." We are designed for relationships, yet they often bring us pain. In this paradigm-shifting book, Gary Smalley unravels the DNA of relationships: we are made for three great relationships--with God, others, and ourselves--and all relationships involve choice. Gary exposes a destructive relationship dance that characterizes nearly every relationship conflict, and he offers five new dance steps that will revolutionize relationships. The DNA of Relationships, the cornerstone book in Gary Smalley's relationship campaign, will revolutionize your marriage, family, friendships, and work relationships.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40628 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

From AudioFile
A religious teacher and author of more than forty books uses social science methods to understand what helps married couples handle conflict effectively. He notes that unproductive communication has a pattern that married couples repeat as a matter of habit. Once individuals recognize their contribution to the pattern, they can choose to communicate at a higher level and with more love and commitment. The author's insights show how faulty values, needs, and communication styles repeat themselves in our relationships, disappointing us with the same unsatisfying results again and again. The smugness in this writing--found too often in Christian relationship advice--is almost imperceptible in Chris Fabry's upbeat reading. T.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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"Everything in life that truly matters can be boiled down to relationships."" That's why Gary Smalley says it's so important to learn safe, healthy relating patterns. The DNA of Relationships will help you to understand how you're designed to be in three exciting and fulfilling types of relationships. It teaches you the main barriers to great relationships and how to construct satisfying relationships with those close to you - your spouse, best friend, your son, even co-workers and neighbors."

From the Inside Flap
Life is relationships; the rest is just details.
How you feel about life often boils down to how you feel about your relationships. In this book, relationship expert Gary Smalley shows how we are designed for relationships: with others, with ourselves, and with God. It’s part of our relational DNA. When those relationships are balanced and healthy, life is good. But too often we live with broken, strained relationships, and the pain can be unbearable. Too often we unknowingly damage the most important relationships in our lives with destructive habits. Too often we don’t take care of ourselves. Too often we ignore the most important relationship—our spiritual connection with God.

Gary Smalley has personally experienced the deep pain of fractured relationships. He knows how important relationships are to functioning successfully in life. In this groundbreaking book, he and his colleagues unveil a new paradigm for understanding what goes wrong in our relationships. But more important, they offer proven ways to break the destructive relationship dance we often do.
You will learn to

• Take personal responsibility
• Create a safe environment
• Keep your battery charged
• Listen with the heart
• Adopt a no-losers policy

What you will learn in this book will change your life. And when you join the relationship network of people committed to healthy relationships, you could very well change your world. One relationship at a time. You can be part of a relationship revolution.
Discover today your DNA of relationships.
Discover today how healthy relationships can change your life.

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Customer Reviews

Life changing
If only we had read this book years ago, we would likely have resolved conflict quicker and easier. This book gives some basic tools for development of close loving relationships, what we all long for. It first helps identify bad patterns of behavior, so when you see your interaction deteriorating, it becomes easy to correct and repair the damage. We don't recommend the workbook, but the book and DVDs are excellent and easy to read. Besides hard to put down...

Great Marrage Help Book
This book lays out the genetic relationship code with which we were created by God. With this knowledge it is possible to build and repair relationships.

A Deserted Island Book
This book is one of my very few deserted island books. (Had I only space for ten, this would be one of them.) It has changed the way I relate to others in many ways. I know that my marriage and other important relationships in my life are already improving based on Smalley's principles. It is, as he suggests, a "Marriage Intensive" in book form. I'm learning, with practice, to create safe relationships, take good care of myself to bless others, and take personal responsibility for my relationships. It's amazing what this book has done for my perspective, and that, my friends, is worth 5 stars. It is well written and well organized, sprinkled with personal experiences that are particularly applicable. I intend to give this book to others, which is rare for me, since I feel reading material is a very personal choice. I hope I've conveyed how strongly I recommend this groundbreaking work! Thank you for your time.