Acknowledgments -- Prologue : Back to the sandbox -- ch. 1. Finding your voice -- ch. 2. Voice lessons from my father -- ch. 3. Our first family : where we learned (not) to speak -- ch. 4. Should you share vulnerability? -- ch. 5. In praise of pretending -- ch. 6. Putting our parents in the hot seat -- ch. 7. Love can make you stupid -- ch. 8. Marriage : where's your bottom line? -- ch. 9. "I can't live with this!" Voicing the ultimate in marriage -- ch. 10. Warming things up -- ch. 11. Silent men/angry women -- ch. 12. Criticism is hard to take -- ch. 13. An apology? Don't hold your breath -- ch. 14. Complaining and negativity : when you can't listen another minute -- ch. 15. The sounds of silence : finding a voice when you're rejected and cut off -- Epilogue : To thine own self be true -- Notes -- Index.
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Summary
Reveals how to communicate effectively using "voice lessons," enabling readers to convey clearer meanings and strengthen positive emotions and integrity in the face of adversity.