Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication
    How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication
    How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication

    Written by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

    Narrated by Henry Cloud, John Townsend and Henry Cloud and John Townsend

    4.5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    Full of practical tips and how-tos, this audiobook will help you make your relationships better, deepen your intimacy with people you care for, and cultivate more love, understanding, and respect between you and others.

    Successful people confront well. They know that setting healthy boundaries improves relationships and can solve important problems. They have discovered that uncomfortable situations can be avoided or resolved through direct conversation. But most of us don't know how to have difficult conversations, and we see confrontation as scary or adversarial.

    Authors Henry Cloud and John Townsend take the principles from their award-winning and bestselling book, Boundaries, and apply them to a variety of the most common difficult situations and relationships in order to:

    • Show how healthy confrontation can improve relationships
    • Present the essentials of a good boundary-setting conversation
    • Provide tips on preparing for the conversation
    • Show how to tell people what you want, stop bad behavior, and deal with counterattack
    • Give actual examples of conversations to have with your spouse, your date, your kids, your coworker, your parents, and more!

    This audiobook is a practical handbook on positive confrontation that will help you finally have that difficult conversation you've been avoiding. Includes a discussion guide.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateOct 3, 2008
    ISBN9780310274377
    How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication
    Author

    Henry Cloud

    Henry Cloud ist ein bekannter Redner und erfahrener Psychologe. Er moderiert eine Radiosendung, die in den USA landesweit ausgestrahlt wird und betreibt eine Praxis in Kalifornien. Seine Erfahrungen aus der Beratung hat er in zahlreiche Bücher eingebracht , u. a. in dem Bestseller "Nein sagen ohne Schuldgefühle".

    More audiobooks from Henry Cloud

    Related to How to Have That Difficult Conversation

    Related audiobooks

    Self-Improvement For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Love Under Pressure

      Nov 20, 2020

      WHEN a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a man who’s been married for 10 years looks happy, we wonder why. This is just one of many, many jokes about marriage. Is it funny because it’s true? Because behind the joke lies the belief

      3 min read

    • Article

      Dear Metro

      Jan 2, 2020

      Dear Metro
      3 min read

    • Article

      Lessons Of Love

      Mar 17, 2022

      Lessons Of Love
      3 min read

    • Article

      Resolving CONFLICT

      Jun 12, 2019

      Resolving CONFLICT
      5 min read

    • Article

      Resolving CONFLICT

      Jun 23, 2019

      Resolving CONFLICT
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Good partner Test

      May 29, 2022

      The Good partner Test
      6 min read

    • Article

      Communicating With Empathy

      Nov 23, 2022

      Communicating With Empathy
      7 min read

    • Article

      Make Yourself Heard

      May 23, 2022

      Make Yourself Heard
      4 min read

    • Article

      The B WORD

      Dec 15, 2023

      The B WORD
      6 min read

    • Article

      Green Flags

      Feb 10, 2022

      Green Flags
      2 min read

    • Article

      The Art Of Complaining

      Oct 5, 2022

      The Art Of Complaining
      4 min read

    • Article

      BORED & TIRED?

      Jun 18, 2021

      BORED & TIRED?
      6 min read

    • Article

      Life-changing Conversations

      Nov 30, 2021

      Life-changing Conversations
      7 min read

    • Article

      Resolving Conflicts

      Jul 21, 2020

      Resolving Conflicts
      4 min read

    • Article

      Q&A

      Oct 27, 2023

      We are delighted to welcome our new agony aunt, Dr Martha Deiros Collado. She is a psychologist with more than 20 years of clinical and academic experience, and is the author of How To Be The Grown-Up (Transworld, £16.99) Got a question for Dr Marth

      4 min read

    • Article

      Ask Ali

      Feb 24, 2023

      Ask Ali
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for How to Have That Difficult Conversation

    4.5/5

    102 ratings10 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      The authors offer reasons and tips for confronting people who you need to have that difficult conversation with. Their reasoning and principles are extremely sound and valuable. The tips about how to defuse the common ways people try to sidetrack these types of conversations were especially helpful. This is a message I definately needed to hear and to put into practice. If you have trouble confronting people in a loving yet firm manner--and who doesn't--then it's definately worth your while to read this book.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 2/5
      While mostly useful and practical, the book is watered down by unnecessary references to god. It just makes the "reasoning" of the book sound unresearched. Anyway, I got something out of it, and chances are that you will too.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      As is typical for psychology books written by Christians, the secular parts were helpful and the biblical parts were unnecessary. I feel that authors feel the need to market their books to Christians and that is a little sad. It brings in assumptions and biases and dull the helpfulness of the self-help genre.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      I want to absorb the useful parts, I can’t get past the religious nonsense. “God himself has boundaries.” Wha?????

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I found the info valuable. However, I felt strongly disconnected because of the Bible references and religious messages. Not everyone is Christian and this book could be taken more seriously by a larger group of people if these passages would be taken out.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book has made me rethink how I communicate with people and has opened my eyes to see how I can honestly communicate my thoughts and feelings in a way that is helpful for everyone. Recommend!
    • 3/5
      I got something out of the book which I appreciate but there's too much bible stuff in here so for people who want to take a spin through this one just be aware of that. On the bright side it's a fairly short book.
    • 5/5
      This book taught me practical tips to approach difficult conversations in my life without avoiding.
    • 5/5
      I have found this book very helful and easy to digest. Thanks ?
    • 5/5
      So glad I read this. Feel so empowered. Must read