Comments
from our Readers:
"I was just reading World
Class Marriage out of curiosity, thinking I
certainly had all the skills to qualify for
a perfect marriage. As I read each pillar, I
was sure I had that one wired, only to read
on and realize lots was missing... This book
should be in every married couples' hands."
C.H., Del Mar, CA
"I
received the World Class Marriage book
and I really, really liked it. Every new pillar
seemed to embrace the marital relationship from
another angle till it was covered completely!
Also I liked its practical approach in dealing
with specific skills that help you to start
applying each concept." R.S., Mexico City
"I
was really impressed--it's practical, positive
and makes a lot of sense." S.S., El Cajon,
CA
"It's
really so user friendly. I really enjoyed reading
it closely." K.D. Atlanta, GA
"It's
kept us together. We still have problems but
we're okay now." A.D., Temecula, CA
"I
have four children and I bought a copy of World
Class Marriage for each of them. They all
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"It
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Book
Review
World
Class Marriage
by
Patty Howell and Ralph Jones
"Patty
and Ralph have taken their 25 years of relationship
skills training and experience to create a thoughtful
and extremely useful guidebook for couples seeking
deeper and more exciting experiences in their
committed relationships. They define a "World
Class Marriage" as a "dynamic and
special relationship filled with love, caring,
and trust, grounded in the knowledge that both
partners bring to that relationship a commitment
to ways of living and loving that nurture their
growth, happiness, and satisfaction of both."
One of the most beneficial aspects of this book
is how it is structured--they define key aspects
of a marriage by 16 "pillars" that
are built on a foundation of empathy, acceptance
and genuineness. The pillars range from "Setting
Goals" to "Resolving Conflicts and
Disagreements" to "Growing Yourself".
Within each pillar they provide advice on a
variety of areas to strengthen and explore--like
how to listen to each other through "Power
Listening", how to turn a defensive climate
into a supportive one, knowing when to surrender
your opinion and how individual growth as well
as mutual goals can help your marriage come
"alive". The book also includes chapters
with specific information for couples who are
living together, or are in lesbian or gay partnerships."
-Reviewed
by Sarah Emond, Equality in Marriage Institute
What
other experts say about World
Class Marriage
"World Class Marriage is a valuable and important
book. Patty and Ralph have made a real
contribution to the understanding of what it
takes to have a successful marriage."
-- Dr. Thomas Gordon,
Author, Parent Effectiveness Training
"World Class Marriage
brings the fulfillment of a love relationship
within reach. It offers the cutlery that
is needed for a relationship feast. This
book gives you immediately applicable skills and
brilliant insights into the mysteries of love."
-- Anky Floris,
Relationship Coach & Author, Recipes for
a Spicy Relationship, Heerhugowaard,
The Netherlands
"Here is solid and deeply supportive wisdom for
all the couples in the world who want to be alive
and fully present with each other. Doctors,
psychotherapists and teachers yearn for such an
engaging, direct and hopeful guidebook both for
their own inspiration and for the kitchen tables
of those who seek their counsel."
-- Mary McAulay Boyvey, MSW, LCSW, BCD,
Analyst Member, C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco
"I've worked with Ralph and Patty to bring their
insights to all of Lovegevity's couples because
I know they have a better chance of success if
they follow 'World Class Marriage'. Their
program works because it's a real and tangible
model for couples in every stage of their relationship."
-- Abby E. Horton, Editor-In-Chief, www.Lovegevity.com
"It is really hard to put it down. It seems
to me to be really spot on--easy to read, deceptively
simple to take in, and just so much what we all
need! I see it as a major achievement."
-- Christine Wood,
Ph.D., School of Psychology, University of Tasmania,
Australia
"Ralph and Patty have succeeded in writing about
important matters in a comprehensive book in simple
language that everybody can understand!
In the Netherlands, we are already looking forward
to their next book!"
-- Dr. Annet Bakker-Brouwer, Psychologist, Co-founder
Netherlands Effectiveness Training, Alkmaar, the
Netherlands
"The authors give you an authentic, knowledgeable
and easy-to-follow description of the most important
nurturing and damaging factors of a marriage.
You learn from this eye-opening book meaningful
insights and practical advice which will help
you clean the dust out of your marriage."
-- Dr. Zsuzsa F. Varkonyi, Psychologist &
Author I've Told A Hundred Times,
Budapest, Hungary
"I thoroughly enjoyed the book and have found
the information to be very relevant and accessible
for clients. Thank you for writing it!"
-- Nicolee Miller McMahon, Marriage & Family
Therapist, Del Mar, CA
"As I go over the pages of WCM I can see
how much it can offer not only to the married
couple, but for professionals, clergymen and individuals
as well. Thank you for this wonderful book."
--Tadeusz Paciorek, Professor, Teacher
Training College, Siedlce, Mazovia, Poland
"The ideas in this book carry the trademark of
two experienced communications trainers;
Patty and Ralph. Here are powerful tools
and ideas. I recommend them to any couple
interested in adding satisfaction to their relationship."
-- Joek Vader-de Graaf, President, JoeCom Trainingen,
Aerdenhout, The Netherlands
"Profound yet easy to read, serious yet enjoyable,
this book is a guide that will inspire and benefit
men and women, partners as well as professional
counsellors. On the basis of everyday life's
issues, it shows you how to create, very practically,
the conditions that let blossom a deeply satisfying
relationship and allow readers to connect to their
own and their partner's humanity."
-- Nathalie Koralnik, Marriage Counsellor &
Communication Trainer, l'association A.V.E.C.,
Beaumont, France
"Wow! and wow! again... my wife and I are truly
thrilled and inspired to see what you've created
with your World Class Marriage book!
-- Dr. H. Tucker Upshaw, Principal Consultant,
Upshaw Management Consulting, Chicago, IL
"I told my wife that it is terrible that you have
to get married without a proper training, without
knowing what to expect, and how happy we could
have been if we could have learned sooner how
to manage our marriage... I love this book!"
-- Isaac Béjar, Software Executive, Guadalajara,
Mexico
"If you are thinking of getting married, this
book will help you avoid mistakes and sleepless
nights. If your marriage has lost its freshness
and become dry, this book will help you bring
new emotional intensity and enjoyment each day.
And if your marriage is badly disturbed, this
book will help you develop trust once more in
your relationship being able to bounce back into
shape and be able to form a real world class marriage."
-- Dr. Karlpeter Breuer, President, Academy for
Person-Centered Psychology, Bonn, Germany
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World
Class Marriage is
published around the world
Dutch
edition ~ Partners!
Samen werken aan een inspirerende relatie,
published by
Tirion Uitgevers BV in 2001. Contact: info@partners-training.nl
Hungarian
edition ~
Ötcsillagos
házasság,
published 2002 by Magyar Könyvklub. Contact
www.mkk.hu
French
edition ~
Couple: Vivre
et grandir ensemble,
published 2002 by Marabout-Hachette. Contact
www.hachette.com
Mexican
edition ~
Matrimonio de Clase Mundial,
published in 2003 by Editorial Diana.
Contact www.diana.com.mx
Chinese
edition ~
Shijie
Ji Hunyin, published
2003 by Chongqing Publishing House.
Contact: www.cqph.com
Russian
publication in English
--
Far-Eastern
State Technical University (FESTU) in Vladivostok
published in 2003 an English edition of World
Class Marriage.
German edition ~
Der Kleine Beziehungs-Therapeut:
Zu zweit lieben lernen, published by
Klett-Cotta, 2004.
Contact
www.klett-cotta.de
Polish
edition
-
Malzenstwo
Na Medal, published by Jacek
Santorski, 2004 Contact www.jsantorski.pl
Italian
edition--
Relazione de Coppia
Efficace,
published by Edizioni La Meridiana, 2005. Contact
www.lameridiana.it
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