A beautifully simple guide to the relationship skills we all so deeply need, but most of us don't know how to access. This book belongs firmly on the curriculum for creating a more peaceful world.
Dr Scilla Elworthy, three times Nobel Peace Prize nominee

This book is a tool box. Keep it close at hand and dip in often.
Jim Carter OBE and Imelda Staunton CBE, actors

Brilliant, easy to understand, and applies with equal force in personal and professional contexts.
Sharif Shivji QC, barrister specialising in commercial law

Why weren't we taught this at school? introduces Needs Understanding, a fresh approach for finding creative solutions and building relationships at home and at work. It's based on one simple idea: we're all on a quest to meet our underlying human needs - such as belonging, knowing we matter, and fun.

Whether you are trying to make a tricky decision, communicate more effectively, parent the way you want to, or make a difference in the world, Needs Understanding can help.

• Understand the 'fingerprint needs' that drive your behaviour
• Discover 10 ways you listen that alienate other people, and what to do instead
• Stop blaming yourself and others, and fix what's going on underneath
• Find creative solutions to difficult problems by 'walking around the mountain'
• Empower yourself to change the world.

Alice Sheldon is the creator of Needs Understanding and shares it globally with individuals and organizations.

www.needs-understanding.com

About the Author

Alice Sheldon (MA Oxon) is the creator of Needs Understanding.

After a career as a teacher and then as a barrister and head of the Bar's national pro bono charity, she developed a model for parenting and shared it with hundreds of parents. A Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, she shares Needs Understanding globally with individuals and organizations.

Reviews

Brilliant and thought provoking.

* NetGalley *

This book seems to have serendipitously arrived to answer the questions I'm ready to ask.
It's so simple yet insightful, offering exercises to help imbed the learning for a smoother authentic and kinder life.
I love the way it has been written with inclusivity high on the agenda.

* Amazon *

This book is a life changer. An introduction to Needs Understanding, it will change the way you think about your behaviour, everyone else's behaviour and the conversations we have.

Superbly practical right from the start, I cannot recommend it enough.

* LinkedIn *

Loved the clarity and wisdom in this book!
This week I used it for support in writing an email for a court case, to apologise to a friend, to stay kind to myself in the face of some punishing thoughts and to help my parents communicate better between themselves.
It really is more useful than my Maths and English lessons!

* Amazon *

The author is really onto something with the contents of this book... everyone Needs Understanding.

* HR Director *



Book Information
ISBN 9781788602952
Author Alice Sheldon
Format Paperback
Page Count 234
Imprint Practical Inspiration Publishing
Publisher Practical Inspiration Publishing
Weight(grams) 317g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm