These insights will make readers and those they relate to happier, healthier, and more content. Our world is a crowded and hyper-connected place and it is becoming more crowded and hyper-connected daily. The challenges of our world call us to evolve as a species in ways that have never been necessary before, especially in the way that we relate to each other as fellow inhabitants of Earth.
Being Relational details ways of being in relation to others that capture the heart and soul of all that is self-help, grounded in method, and supported by relational conflict theory and brain science findings. The ways of being that promote quality face-to-face dialogue and positive transformation are rooted in teachings from many sources - conflict resolution, negotiation ethics, neuroscience, multiple faith traditions, and numerous popular self-help and business books. It is a unique collection of teachings that focus on what happens in human interaction.
This unique approach is inspired by thousands of people experiencing broken relationships whom the Senfts have mediated and coached back to personal strength and connectedness. The goal of Being Relational is to provide a synthesis of many ideas organized into an approach that readers can draw upon and use, check in on and grow into, as a way of being in relation to others.