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The Dance of Connection
Our
capacity for creativity, wisdom, and joy
depend on connecting well with they key people
in our lives. Lerner teaches us how to navigate
our most difficult relationships with integrity, courage and
joyous conviction. The Dance of Connection shows us
the way.
Dr. Harriet Lerner takes us beyond The Dance of Anger
and shows us how to "find our voice" with
the people who matter the most. With wit and wisdom, Lerner
shows us how to "set things right" and heal the most
painful disconnections. The Dance of Connection tackles
the most difficult problems we face with the people who hurt
us.
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- What is the
"the two step" that will transform any conversation?
- How
do we find our voice when we are rejected or cut off? And
why won't the person who has harmed us apologize?
- How do we take
a conversation to the next level when we feel desperate?
- What positive
steps can we take when the other person is wearing us down with
criticism, negativity, excuses, demands or irresponsible behavior?
- How do we
put an insensitive parent on the hot seat?
The Dance of Connection tells us when to lighten up and
let things go, and when we need to take specific steps to heal betrayals,
inequalities, and broken connections. Whether you're dealing with
a spouse, a partner, a parent or best friend, she shows us how to
speak and act with honor and personal integrity even when the other
person behaves badly, or won't talk at all.
Praise
“Lerner does a remarkable job teaching us new steps in the
complicated, mysterious, painful and beautiful dance that we call
family life.”
- Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
Author of Reviving
Ophelia
“I
love Harriet Lerner’s work.”
- Anne Lamott
Author of Traveling
Mercies
“The
Dance of Connection can save your marriage, a friendship, and
your relationship with your mother, father, sister, brother—even
your boss. Lerner is one of the wisest, most sophisticated psychology
writers alive today. Her book is brimming with practical advice,
sharp wit, extraordinary knowledge, deep caring, and a wealth of
ah-yes-how-true wisdom into human nature. Lerner knows us all so
well.”
- Edward M. Hallowell,
M.D.
Author of Driven
to Distraction
“Lerner rescues us from the swamps and quicksands of difficult relationships with her unique clarity and profound intelligence.”
-Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D.
Author of After the Affair
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