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How to Let Go of the Need for Approval

By Ilene Strauss Cohen — 2018

When we urgently aim to please other people, we’re seeking approval of self from outside sources. And whenever we reach for something in the outside world to give us what we should be giving ourselves, we set ourselves up for disappointment.

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Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment

Here is a powerful new program that can clear away the unconscious agreements patterns that undermine even your best intentions.

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Gay Hendricks, Kathlyn Hendricks
1992
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (Second Edition)

The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high.

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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen Covey (foreword)
2011
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The New Peoplemaking

Revised and expanded seminal work on families, with more than a million copies sold in 12 languages. The New Peoplemaking expresses Satir's most evolved thoughts on self-worth, communication, family systems, and the ways in which people relate to one another.

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Virginia Satir
1988
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The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice.

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Harriet Lerner
2002
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