The friendship factor : how to get closer to the people you care for / Alan Loy McGinnis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGinnis, Alan Loy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Friendship.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xvi, 224 pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

Twenty-fifth anniversary revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Augsburg Books, [2004]

Summary:

More than one million readers have turned to this book to learn the secret to more meaningful relationships. Dr. Alan Loy McGinnis, pastor and counselor, demonstrates that the friendship factor -- the essential ingredient of warmth and caring -- is at the heart of each relationship. In recognizing that friendship is the springboard to every other love, McGinnis shows readers how to be a warmer, more loving person, how to communicate better, and how to resolve tension in their.

Relationships. With captivating case histories and anecdotes about such famous people as George Burns, Howard Hughes, and C.S. Lewis, McGinnis shares the secret of how to love and be loved. Book jacket.

Contents:

Five ways to deepen your relationship

Five guidelines for cultivating intimacy

Ways to handle negative emotions without destroying the relationship

How to salvage a faltering friendship

Commitment

Identity and intimacy.

ISBN:

0806635711

9780806635712

OCLC:

54205552