Learning how to manage relationships with other people can be complicated. We have friends and neighbors, partners and lovers. We live in communities. We come from families, and we earn our living working with or for other people. Not all relationships are easy. To help you navigate, I have consolidated and condensed decades of experience as a therapist, using brief narratives with italicized terms for further exploration beyond the scope of this book. I have incorporated tools, quotes and graphics to make you think, feel and smile. My hope is that this simple guide becomes something to come back to again and again to help you make informed decisions about life and relationships.
