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Criticism Is the Toxic Habit that Can Slowly Ruin Your Relationship

By Kelsey Borresen — 2019

Experts say this common communication issue can push couples apart.

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Say What You Mean: A Mindful Approach to Nonviolent Communication

Find your voice, speak your truth, listen deeply—a guide to having more meaningful and mindful conversations through nonviolent communication.

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Oren Jay Sofer, Joseph Goldstein (foreword)
2018
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Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well

Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen have spent the past fifteen years working with corporations, nonprofits, governments, and families to determine what helps us learn and what gets in our way.

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Douglas Stone, Sheila Heen
2025
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The Assertiveness Workbook: How to Express Your Ideas and Stand Up for Yourself at Work and in Relationships (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

Effective communication is a critical skill that influences your professional success, the stability of your family life, and your personal happiness. Your ability to communicate effectively is seriously hampered if you can’t assert yourself constructively.

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Randy J. Paterson
2025
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Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School

Trying to convince a middle schooler to listen to you can be exasperating. Indeed, it can feel like the best option is not to talk! But keeping kids safe—and prepared for all the times when you can't be the angel on their shoulder—is about having the right conversations at the right time.

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Michelle Icard
2025
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Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How to Stop Yelling and Start Connecting

Based on the latest research on brain development and extensive clinical experience with parents, Dr. Laura Markham’s approach is as simple as it is effective. Her message: Fostering emotional connection with your child creates real and lasting change.

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Dr. Laura Markham
2012
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Start with Why—How Great Leaders Inspire Action | Simon Sinek | TEDxPugetSound

Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership—starting with a golden circle and the question: “Why?”. His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King Jr. and the Wright brothers.

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Simon Sinek
2009
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'Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?

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C. S. Lewis
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People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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How to Build Good Relationships at Work

Do you want to build a good relationship at work? It's something that we probably all desire. Here are the top tips to be able to establish that amazing relationship with your co workers: 1. Communication is the key. 2. Be a reflective listener. 3. Be punctual. 4. Get rid of gossip. 5.

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2018
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Words That Don't Belong to Everyone

Bestselling author Ta-Nehisi Coates answers an audience question about the power and ownership of words.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates
2017
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Criticism and Rejection