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"As often as we speak with friends and loved ones, despite the ease of getting in touch, we still have not mastered the art of communication.  Even good, old-fashioned sharing of important ideas and feelings, opening up, still seems so difficult.  And the people we love most are the ones likely to be hurt by our inadequacy.  Relationships with life partners are the single most important thing we regularly ignore. 

But that challenge has just gotten a whole lot easier.  Compiling an incredible book on understanding each other and beneficially communicating with one another, Straughn and David present here all the tools necessary for a relationship tune-up; an opportunity to grow in sync with yourself and your significant other; to finally hear and comprehend what a loved one means; and to achieve and sustain new heights in relationships.

Actor and author Henry Winkler, renowned for his portrayal of Fonzie in the 70’s hit TV series “Happy Days,” once said that “assumptions are the termites of relationships.”   If that’s the case, Straughn and David’s communication tips are the best bet for a pesticide.  Their neatly-bottled compilation of appropriately dubbed “lip therapy” terms, and the real situations and advice that follow, are such accurate counsel for relationships today that it’s hard to imagine having a termite problem after your first spray".

Michael Wildes, Mayor, City of Englewood, New Jersey