"This insightful, practical manual deciphers the mysteries around successful relationships in warmly measured style. "
The Secrets of Successful Relationships, as told by the School of Life, come down to five anchors which are unpacked in an approachable, practical manner through the book. Namely, being able to admit one’s imperfections in a non-defensive manner, a willingness to be vulnerable, responding to our flaws and errors with compassion, fostering a therapeutic reaction to our inner “madness”, and keeping admiration alive through lack of anger.
Framed in the context of the view that “Good relationships are neither mysterious nor random. There are solid, rationally structured explanations for why some people do well together while others…do not”, the case made for the five anchors is underpinned by the School of Life’s therapeutic ethos.
As such, The Secrets of Successful Relationships shares a lucid, thought-provoking, supportive toolkit to foster relationship-enhancing ways of thinking and behaving, and comes recommended for readers who want to dig deeper into their own patterns of behaviour when it comes to relationships, and into human interactions more broadly.
