Don't be silent and don't shout. The art of compromising with the one you love.

Having a constructive dialogue with a loved one is sometimes much more difficult than with a cunning business partner or a despotic boss. In the heat of an argument with someone you deeply care about, emotions overflow, boundaries blur, red lines fade, and it seems easier to just part ways... But the ability to negotiate with the closest person on critically important matters for you is a skill that can and should be developed. A team of renowned authors - Matthew McKay (Ph.D. in clinical psychology), Patrick Fanning (author of popular science books on communication psychology), and Kim Paleg (Ph.D. and practicing clinical psychologist) - has developed a step-by-step approach to bring couples closer. The authors of this book know that simple truths about love relationships, like "show patience and care," are incredibly difficult to apply in real life. That's why they have gathered all the knowledge modern science has on marital relationships and turned it into a guide where you will find: - exercises for understanding yourself and your partner, - techniques to get out of a deadlock or crisis, - life hacks for handling an argument where both win, - methods for talking to your partner when they are angry, - analyses of conflicts based on real events.