If you are in a relationship with a difficult person this book can help. Although it is easy to write off these types of people as hopeless, the author says that these individuals simply have a deficiency of skills. As we mature from children to adolescents and into adulthood, sometimes parts of us get left behind which results in a lack of interpersonal skills.
According to Godwin, the skills essential to be in healthy intimate relationships are:
humility~
a modest view of one’s own importance, awareness
responsibility~
to be accountable for oneself
empathy~
to understand and share the feelings of others
reliability~
able to be trusted
(Definitions adapted from dictionary.com)
This is not a cure all for difficult relationships, but it is a great resource for how to be (and remain) a healthy individual even when the one you are relating to has left some parts behind.
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