Changing Behavior: Immediately Transform Your Relationships with Easy-to-Learn, Proven Communication Skills [Paperback]

Georgianna Donadio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2012

FREE CHAPTER DOWNLOAD at www.changingbehavior.org WINNER - 2012 Indie Book Award AWARDED - 5 STARS ForeWord Clarion AWARD-WINNING FINALIST - 2012 USA Best Book Awards KIRKUS REVIEW - “Recommended...top-tier... [a] strikingly original case for the transformative power of receptiveness." MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW - "Changing Behavior is a choice pick for community library psychology and self-help collections." James O. Prochaska, PhD, author of "Changing for Good", and renowned expert and researcher on behavior change, says: "The model of Behavioral Engagement has the potential to transform relationships that are suffering or struggling to ones that are thriving!" Beth Borg, RN, MHA, Clinical Operations Administrator for the Mayo Clinic, had this to say in her ForeWord comments on this unique, color illustrated guidebook for transforming any relationship through easy to learn, proven communication skills. Ground breaking, hospital tested research is engagingly presented in this beautifully illustrated large size book that explores our behaviors and relationships, including the most important relationship of all - the one we have with ourselves. "Whether you are looking to bring your personal relationships to a whole new level of intimacy and fulfillment or if you desire to transform your professional communication skills, Changing Behavior provides the knowledge and tools to create lasting change for all types of relationships."

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

FREE DOWNLOAD at changingbehavior.org - Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD, is one of only six American Florence Nightingale Scholars, an award winning Nurse Advocate and an Integrative Health Practitioner. Since 1977, her visionary work has been dedicated to improving the quality of health care delivery and patient advocacy through a Harvard affiliate hospital named Best Practice in Relationship-Centered Care. Whole Health Education® with Behavioral Engagement™ is the first known patient education and health behavior change model developed, tested and utilized in a clinical setting. For 20 years, until retiring in 2008, Georgianna hosted a nationally syndicated cable TV show, Woman to Woman® which explored all topics of interest to women with a special focus on relationships.

Product Details

• Paperback: 138 pages
• Publisher: NIWH (March 22, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0983965994
• ISBN-13: 978-0983965992
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,190 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Georgianna Donadio, MSc, DC, PhD, is one of only six American Florence Nightingale Scholars, an award winning Nurse Advocate, Intergrative Health Provider, and Behavioral Health expert. Contact: www.changingbehavior.org

Since 1977, her visionary work has been dedicated to improving the quality of healthcare delivery and patient advocacy through Whole Health Education®,a Harvard affiliate hospital named Best Practice in Relationship Centered Care. Whole Health Education and Behavioral Engagement with Pure Presence™ is the first known patient education and health behavior change model developed, tested and utilized in a clinical setting in the U.S.

Georgianna blogs for the Huffington Post and Dr. Oz's Teen Daily Strength and is the author of the bestselling, #1 Top Rated Kindle book "Changing Behavior: Immediately Transform Your Relationships with Easy to Learn, Proven Communication Skills" - Winner-2012 Indie Book Award and Recepient of 5 STARS from ForeWord Clarion.

For 20 years, until recently retiring, she hosted a nationally syndicated television program, Woman to Woman® which explored all topics of interest to women, with a special focus on relationships. Her radio program, Changing Behavior, can be heard on All Positive Radio at healthylife.net.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Relationship Changing October 2, 2012

By Michael Temple

Format:Paperback

My husband and I both read this book and found the concepts enlightening. He read it first in one morning, and told me that I "had to read it." The whole subject of "Behavioral Engagement and Pure Presence" that is described in the book is enough to change any relationship for the better - whether it's with your spouse, your children, or your workplace. My husband and I were able to discuss the strategies in this book and figure out how to implement them in our own lives to improve our communications between ourselves and those with our children. It's a game changer to learn how to really relate and be present in our busy lives. The strategies are even more compelling when you understand how our behaviors have evolved as a basic survival mechanism, and how our brains are wired. My step-mother started reading the book at my house when she saw it lying on the coffee table and then went home and bought her own copy. She was thrilled that it was written in layman's terms and made so much sense about why we behave as we do, and how to improve the way in which we relate to others by being present. I have recommended this book to my friends, and suggested to some that they host a seminar at their place of business for their employees to learn some of the concepts of Behavioral Engagement described in this book.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars I doubt about the "high" reviews this book received July 10, 2012

By Z. Wang

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I just bought and read the book. It contains very helpful and practical information on the extreme importance of human relationships and the key factor to produce a sustainable behavioral change.

I bought the book partially because of the high reviews it have received. But after examining the reviews, I realized that most of them just shown up within a very short time and with so unanimous high praises. In fact quite a few of them were even repetitive comments from the same readers. These sound very fishy and in fact undermine the "reputation" of the book itself in my eyes.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Making Communication Common-sense August 28, 2012

By KMD47

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Do not hesitate to read this book! It is especially helpful for healthcare practitioners, but a must read for everyone. It is thorough, practical, and intuitive. If I could pick one thing that would make or break your relationships (romantic, personal, professional) it is communication within the relationship, without a doubt. Dr. Georgianna Donadio's voice is clear, no-nonsense, and light.

I always considered myself a great communicator, and while reading the book I realized that there were behaviors that I used to distance myself from others, without realizing it. Pick up this book, open your mind, and share it with a loved one. It is one of the best gifts you could give yourself and others.