Fighting Fair

by John Bradshaw (contributor)

In this series, FIGHTING FAIR, John Bradshaw teaches us the first rule in fighting fair, which is to honestly value each other really hear each person's point of view. The greatest aid to establishing deep intimacy is accepting each other's differences. This is the essence of a good relationship. Growth in relationships is about working through conflict, not about avoiding conflict. In order to have true intimacy in a relationship, it is crucial to fight fair and know how to negotiate and resolve conflict in a healthy way. Sadly, healthy skills for managing conflict are not often learned in our developing years. We may have learned unhealthy and inappropriate ways of handling disagreements that are often translated into our adult relationships. One of the most important tools John uses, The Awareness Wheel, offers crucial guidelines on negotiating conflicts and fighting fair. Anyone learning to fight fair will develop a healthy understanding of his or her own and other's anger.

Audio CD

Published January 1, 2008

About the author

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John Bradshaw has been called "America's leading personal growth expert." The author of five New York Times bestsellers, Bradshaw On: The Family, Healing the Shame That Binds You, Homecoming, Creating Love, and Family Secrets. He created and hosted four nationally broadcast PBS television series based on his best-selling books. John pioneered the concept of the "Inner Child" and brought the term "dysfunctional family" into the mainstream. He has touched and changed millions of lives through his books, television series, and his lectures and workshops around the country.

During the past twenty-five years he has worked as a counselor, theologian, management consultant, and public speaker, becoming one of the primary figures in the contemporary self-help movement.