Toxic Relationships and How to Change Them : Health and Holiness in Everyday Life by Clinton W. McLemore (2003, Hardcover)

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In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Clinton McLemore-- a leading expert on interpersonal relationships-- gives you a powerful roadmap for promoting healthy and productive relationships. Toxic Relationships draws extensively from psychological research and Christian theology and is filled with practical strategies you can use to create better communication at home and at work. You will learn how to increase appreciation, tenderness, respect, comfort, and understanding in all of your relationships by recognizing the eight basic "default styles" that most of us use to respond to others. By using biblical examples, Dr. McLemore shows how we can change our own destructive behavior and influence the behavior of others by understanding these eight toxic strategies: Controlling Drifting Intruding Freeloading Humiliating Scurrying Victimizing Avoiding Create loving and healthy relationships using these proven methods for transforming toxic interactions with others.

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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100787968773

ISBN-139780787968779

eBay Product ID (ePID)2474115

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Book TitleToxic Relationships and How to Change Them : Health and Holiness in Everyday Life

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreFamily & Relationships

AuthorClinton W. Mclemore

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight17.4 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

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ReviewsMcLemore, a former professor of clinical psychology and theology and currently a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, argues for Christian faith as the singular vehicle for lasting health in interpersonal affairs. As in his earlier Street-Smart Ethics: Succeeding in Business Without Selling Your Soul , he admirably intertwines his -disciplines to break down "toxic" relationships, that. is, those that "pull you down rather than lift you up; they certainly don't help you move closer to God." Christian readers will especially find much to consider and learn, as the author explains and explores "toxic" behaviors (e.g., intruding, victimizing) as well as some countering methods, with biblical passages. Though here are secular self-help ideas at work: here, removing them from the religious material would be 1i1ce separating the peanut hitter from the jelly. While fine for Christian collections (and perhaps notable given McLemore's fine publishing pedigree), public libraries should consider Jay Carter's Nasty People and Robert A. Glover's personable No More Mr. Nice Guy! ( Library Journal , September 15, 2003)

Dewey Edition21

Lccn2003-008454

Dewey Decimal248.4

Lc Classification NumberBv4597.52.M43 2003

Table of ContentList of Illustrations. Foreword by Les Parrott, Ph.D. Matters of the Heart. Introduction. PART ONE: Relationships as God Intends. 1. The Spiritual Significance of Everyday Life: A Brief Theology of Relationships. 2. Foundations of Health and Holiness. PART TWO: How People Train Each Other. 3. Making Sense of Everyday Behavior. 4. Modes and Styles of Ordinary Interaction. 5. The Hidden Rules of Human Relationships. 6. Overview of Interpersonal Toxicity. PART THREE: Eight Ways of Disappointing the Father. 7. Controlling: Bossing and Ordering. "Beware the leaven of the Pharisees" (Matthew 16:5). 8. Drifting: Obeying and Conforming. "Solomon, whose heart had strayed, turned toward other gods"(1 Kings 11:4). 9. Intruding: Crowding and Smothering. "God was harsh with Job's advisors, whose advice had been false" (Job 42:7). 10. Freeloading: Clinging and Depleting. "Those who will not work shall not eat" (2 Thessalonians 3:10). 11. Humiliating: Demeaning and Belittling. "When Hagar became pregnant, she despised her mistress Sarai" (Genesis 16:4). 12. Scurrying: Whining and Appeasing. "'Woman,' anxiously protested Peter, 'I do not know the man'" (Luke 22:57). 13. Victimizing: Injuring and Exploiting. "His brothers spotted Joseph a long way off and conspired to kill him" (Genesis 37:18). 14. Avoiding: Withdrawing and Rebelling. "But instead of going to confront Nineveh, Jonah decided to run away"(Jonah 1:3). PART FOUR: Toward Relational Health and Holiness. 15. Three Myths About Behavior Change. 16. Getting Out of Your Own Way. 17. Some Final Thoughts on Changing Others. Sources and Recommended Reading. The Author. Index.