Real Relationships Workbook: From Bad to Better and Good to Great
By Les Parrott and Leslie Parrott
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About this ebook
Digging below the surface to take you to a whole new level.
Offering expert advice and practical tools for improving the most important aspect of human life, this workbook is integral to getting the most out of Real Relationships--Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott's updated and expanded edition of their classic and bestselling book, Relationships.
Containing dozens of self-tests and assessments, this workbook will help you determine: your relational readiness, the health of the home you grew up in, your understanding of gender differences, and much more.
Used in conjunction with the Real Relationships book, the Real Relationships Workbook digs below the surface to the depths of human interactions, helping you make your bad relationships better and your good relationships great, taking your life to a whole new level.
The Real Relationships book--which includes a FREE interactive online assessment and vital information on virtual friendships and online dating--and Real Relationships Workbook reveal the secrets for healthy, authentic, and meaningful connections.
Your relationships will never be the same.
Les Parrott
No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and psychologist Dr. Les Parrott has been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, Today, CNN, Fox News, and The View, and in USA Today and the New York Times. Dr. Parrott's books, often coauthored with his wife, Dr. Leslie Parrott, have sold more than three million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is the creator of three revolutionary relationship assessments: SYMBIS.com, DeepLoveAssessment.com, and Yada.com. Dr. Parrott and his wife, Leslie, live in Seattle with their two sons. Visit LesandLeslie.com.
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Reviews for Real Relationships Workbook
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5‘Real Relationships’ is written from a Christian perspective, but the faith aspect is quite low-key until the final chapter, which is about relating to God. Earlier chapters deal with human relationships of various kinds.
I thought the book was well-written and interesting. However it was annoying to discover that, to make the best use of it, I should also have bought a related workbook - costing almost as much as the book itself.
I considered the Kindle version of workbook; however the ‘look inside’ feature was so limited that there was no way to find out whether it would be helpful. I didn’t buy it - and doubt if I missed out on anything important - but the frequent directions to do another exercise became irritating.
Other than that, I thought it a helpful book which I would recommend to anyone who is interested in learning more about the ways in which relationships of many kinds can work.
Book preview
Real Relationships Workbook - Les Parrott
CHAPTER
ONE
The Compulsion for Completion Exercises
Exercise One
YOUR RELATIONAL READINESS
The following self-test will take about five minutes and will help you assess your relational readiness.
Answer each item by using the following scale to indicate the degree to which it is true for you:
4 — Often
3 — Sometimes
2 — Rarely
1 — Never
_____I feel a sense of relief when I don’t have to be alone.
_____Any relationship is better than nothing.
_____If I’m not in a dating relationship, I feel less desirable.
_____I experience a little bit of panic when I think of not having someone to be close to.
_____The very idea of solitude strikes fear in my heart.
_____I’m tempted to settle for most any relationship because I don’t know if I can find anyone better.
_____My romantic relationships are more of an issue of being selected rather than doing the selecting.
_____When I am dating someone I feel better about myself.
_____I don’t like to be alone.
_____I don’t have a very clear idea of the personal qualities I look for in a person to date or even to be friends with.
_____TOTAL SCORE
Scoring: Add the numbers you have placed beside each item. There is a possible total of forty points. To interpret your score, use the following scale:
40–30A score in this range is a strong indicator of your need to establish a healthier sense of your identity and personal wholeness. You will want to pay special attention to the four steps toward wholeness discussed in this chapter.
29–20A score in this range indicates that you have done some significant work in establishing a healthy identity and a good sense of self-worth. You still have more work to do, however, in constructing an integrated and whole sense of self that will help to ensure healthier relationships.
19–1A score in this range indicates an established sense of security in who you are and a confident perspective on your sense of personal wholeness. This should serve you well in your relationships.
Exercise Two
HEALING YOUR PRIMAL PAIN
This exercise can take as little as fifteen minutes, or it can take much longer. You will require a place for quiet contemplation and self-exploration, and you may want to use additional paper for this