The Relationship Handbook A Path to Consciousness, Healing, and Growth

Using knowledge and skills honed over a lifetime of teaching and learning, personal development pioneer Shakti Gawain presents a powerful, life-changing work on a subject she has always been passionate about: our relationships. In her popular workshops and in her personal life, she has tested and refined the insights and exercises in this book, which she cowrote with her longtime collaborator Gina Vucci. Their approach reflects the fact that each of us is in relationships not only with romantic partners, family, coworkers, and children, but also with internal core beliefs and a variety of selves, including primary, disowned, and shadow selves.

These revelatory teachings incorporate strategies for becoming aware of hidden beliefs, applying the Voice Dialogue process developed by Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone, and learning to experience every relationship as a path to self-knowledge. Through her gentle guidance, Shakti shows us how every relationship we have at every moment can be seen as a path toward greater consciousness, healing, and growth.

There is no other book on relationships like this. Give this powerful book even a short amount of time and prepare yourself for some truly remarkable results!

Shakti Gawain is a pioneer in the field of personal development. For over twenty-five years, she has been a bestselling author and internationally renowned teacher of consciousness. Shakti has facilitated thousands of individuals in developing greater awareness, balance and wholeness in their lives.

Shakti has written numerous books considered classics in her field. Her distinguished publishing history includes bestsellers Creative Visualization, Living in the Light, The Path of Transformation, The Four Levels of Healing, Creating True Prosperity, and Developing Intuition. Her books have sold over ten million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the cofounder, with Marc Allen, of New World Library.

She has appeared on such nationally syndicated programs as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Sonya Live, The Larry King Show, The Leeza Show, America’s Talking and New Dimensions Radio, and has been featured in New Woman, New Age Journal, and Time magazine.

Through her seminars and her books, Shakti helps people heal and develop all levels of their being — spiritual, mental, emotional, physical — and access their intuitive inner wisdom. Sharing the ideas and practices that have helped her the most in her own life, she guides others on their path to living more consciously. She facilitates us in finding deeper meaning and purpose through developing our unique gifts and abilities.

Shakti is a passionate environmentalist, who believes that as we bring more awareness to our daily lives, we can learn to live in balance on our planet. She and her husband Jim Burns live in Mill Valley, California. Her website is shaktigawain.com.

Gina Vucci has worked with Shakti for fourteen years. Having been personally mentored and trained by Shakti, Gina co-leads workshops, facilitates groups and has contributed to Shakti’s bestselling products. Gina has been trained and certified in a number of counseling fields. She brings a deep level of experience, wisdom, and joy to each workshop she co-leads with Shakti.

Contents

Part One: Introduction
The Path of Relationship
Shakti’s Story

Part Two: The Power of the Selves Within
Formation of Personality
Discovering Our Primary Selves
Learning from Our Shadow Sides

Part Three: Relationship as Teacher
Relationships as Mirrors
The Aware Ego and the Inner Child
Exploring Common Selves
Integration: Awareness and Attention
Couples: The Special Role of Romantic Partnerships
Gina’s Story: When Leaving a Relationship Is the Right Thing to Do

Part Four: Tools for Developing Your Relationships
Facilitation
Creative Visualization Techniques

Conclusion
Acknowledgments
The Voice Dialogue Work of Hal and Sidra Stone
About Shakti Gawain
About Gina Vucci