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Includes FREE online analysis of your personal communication style

"We set off to crack the code for meaningful conversation. We were in pursuit of a plan that would move our communication from good to great. We wouldn't settle for a mere handful of golden nuggets; we were in search of the mother lode...the secret that would unlock a full supply of the very lifeblood of a meaningful relationship.

And we found it...we call it LOVE TALK." - Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott

Love Talk is like no other communication book you will ever read. The fruit of years of research b two foremost relationship experts, this book forges a new path to the heart of loving conversation.

A breakthrough discovery in communication for transforming love relationships.

Over and over couples consistently name “improved communication” as the greatest need in their relationships. Love Talk—by acclaimed relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott—is a deep yet simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships.

The first steps to improving this single most important factor in any marriage or love relationship are to identify your fear factors and determine your personal communication styles, and then learn how the two of you can best interact. In this no-nonsense book, “psychobabble” is translated into easy-to-understand language that clearly teaches you what you need to do—and not do—for speaking each other’s language like you never have before.

Love Talk includes:

• The Love Talk Indicator, a free personalized online assessment (a $30.00 value) to help you determine your unique talk style

• The Secret to Emotional Connection

• Charts and sample conversations

• The most important conversation you’ll ever have

• A short course on Communication 101

• Appendix on Practical Help for the “Silent Partner”

ISBN: 0310263433

About the Author(s):

Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are codirectors of the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University (SPU), a groundbreaking program dedicated to teaching the basics of good relationships. Les Parrott is a professor of clinical psychology at SPU, and Leslie is a marriage and family therapist at SPU. The Parrotts are authors of the Gold Medallion Award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Becoming Soul Mates, Love Is, Relationships, and When Bad Things Happen to Good Marriages. They have been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, CNN, and The View, and in USA Today and the New York Times. They are also frequent guest speakers and have written for a variety of magazines. The Parrotts serve as marriage ambassadors for the Oklahoma governor’s ten-year Marriage Initiative. They live in Seattle, Washington, with their two sons. www.RealRelationships.com