A guide to being brave in relationships

In 'Fight Right', Drs. John and Julie Gottman, founders of the world-famous Love Lab, share their decades of research to help couples understand and manage conflict effectively. The book identifies five common mistakes couples make during conflicts and provides five secrets to get back on track. It emphasizes the importance of understanding each person's unique conflict culture, which is shaped by their upbringing and past relationships. The Gottmans guide readers through various conflict styles, such as Avoiders, Validators, and Volatiles, and offer practical tools to help couples adopt a collaborative approach, calming down, staying connected, and truly understanding each other during conflicts.

In this book, Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, along with Allison Gilbert and Pierre Lehu, provides an urgent guide to combating loneliness. The book includes 100 concrete and innovative opportunities to increase connectivity, drawing from Dr. Ruth's life story and her extensive career. It addresses the public health concern of loneliness exacerbated by social media, the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships. Dr. Ruth offers practical, emotional, and psychological strategies to foster human connections and build fulfilling relationships, anchored by her own story of overcoming loneliness and rebuilding her life after the Holocaust.

In 'Tell Me More', Kelly Corrigan delves into the twelve hardest things she is learning to say, examining phrases that make love and connection possible. The book includes chapters such as 'I Don’t Know,' 'No,' 'Tell Me More,' and 'I Was Wrong,' where Corrigan reflects on her life with a preoccupied husband, two mercurial teenage daughters, and profound observations on love and loss. With her signature warmth and honesty, Corrigan explores the importance of the right words at the right moment to change everything.