Why Talking Is Not Enough

SUSAN PAGE has been conducting workshops for both singles and couples, nationally and internationally, since 1980. Her international speaking and media career has taken her to twenty-six states, Canada, Korea, Australia, and Mexico. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and CNBC, and her work has appeared in People magazine, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Glamour, and McCall’s.Susan began her career as a Protestant campus minister at Washington University in St. Louis and at Columbia University in New York. She was director of women’s programs at the University of California, Berkeley, where she helped found the nation’s first university-based human sexuality program.Her previous books include How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together; The Eight Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive; If I’m So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? and The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book.

• Introduction 1Part One What Is Spiritual Partnership?1. Introducing Spiritual Partnership 112. Loving Action 1: Adopt a Spirit of Good Will 473. Loving Action 2: Give Up Problem Solving 554. Loving Action 3: Act as If 715. Loving Action 4: Practice Restraint 896. Loving Action 5: Balance Giving and Taking 1157. Loving Action 6: Act on Your Own 1298. Loving Action 7: Practice Acceptance 1579. Loving Action 8: Practice Compassion 183Part Two Putting Spiritual Partnership to Work in Your Relationship10. Exactly How to Use the Eight Loving Actions 20911. Frequently Asked Questions 22112. Communication Within Spiritual Partnership 23113. Making Mature Judgments 241Part Three Seeing Spiritual Partnership in a Broader Context14. Defining the “Spiritual” in Spiritual Partnership 24915. The Future of Spiritual Partnership 279References and Further Reading 291About the Author 295