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8 keys to eliminating passive-aggressiveness : strategies for transforming your relationships for greater authenticity and joy / Andrea Brandt ; foreword by Babette Rothschild.
Van Pelt Library RC569.5.P37 B73 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brandt, Andrea.
- Series:
- 8 keys to mental health series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Passive-aggressive personality.
- Anger.
- Interpersonal communication.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Eight keys to eliminating passive-aggressiveness
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
- Summary:
- Many people often say yes to something when they'd rather say no. They offer cooperation through words but follow up with how they really feel-in actions that contradict their words. That's passive-aggression. At its heart, passive-aggression is about being untrue to oneself, which makes it impossible to have a clean relationship with others. Passive-aggression as a communication method doesnt make someone bad. It is simply a strategy learned in childhood as a coping mechanism, a hard-to-break habit. Changing passive-aggressive behavior requires knowledge, tools, and practice, as outlined here. The book offers effective methods for transforming passive-aggression into healthy assertiveness to communicate in constructive ways through eight keys: Recognize Your Hidden Anger; Reconnect Your Emotions to Your Thoughts; Listen to Your Body; Set Healthy Boundaries; Communicate Assertively; Interact Using Mindfulness; Disable the Enabler; and Problem-Solve for Better Outcomes. Hands-on exercises are featured, enabling readers to better understand themselves.
- Contents:
- Introduction : understanding passive-aggressiveness and how it's harming you
- Recognize your hidden anger
- Reconnect your emotions to your thoughts
- Listen to your body
- Set healthy boundaries
- Communicate assertively
- Reframe conflict
- Interact using mindfulness
- Disable the enabler
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393708462
- 0393708462
- OCLC:
- 811599513
- Publisher Number:
- 99967965441
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