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.





 

 

 

 







  • 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





Books & Audio

The Dance of Fear

The Dance of Anger

The Dance of Connection

The Mother Dance

The Dance of Intimacy

The Dance of Deception

Life Preservers: Good Advice When You Need it Most

Women in Therapy

Franny B. Kranny There's a Bird in Your Hair!

What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed?


Sounds True Tapes

On Intimacy

On Anger

On Mothers & Daughters

Food, Sex & Relationships

 



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