Audio only
The Dance of Connection
How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or DesperateBy Harriet LernerNarrated by Heni ZoutomouLength7h 4m
About this audiobook
Bestselling author Harriet Lerner focuses on the challenge and the importance of being able to express one's "authentic voice" in intimate relationships.The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice. Despite decades of assertiveness training and lots of good advice about communicating with clarity, timing, and tact, women and men find that their greatest complaints in marriage and other intimate relationships are that they are not being heard, that they cannot affect the other person, that fights go nowhere, that conflict brings only pain. Although an intimate, long-term relationship offers the greatest possibilities for knowing the other person and being known, these relationships are also fertile ground for silence and frustration when it comes to articulating a true self. And yet giving voice to this self is at the center of having both a relationship and a self. Much as she did in THE MOTHER DANCE, Lerner will approach this rich subject with tales from her personal life and clinical work, inspiring and teaching readers to speak their own truths to the most important people in their lives.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (5.9K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreSelf-Help, Psychology
Length7 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byHeni Zoutomou
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateApr 22, 2025
LanguageEnglish
More from Harriet Lerner
The Dance of IntimacyHarriet Lerner6h 9m4.2 (14K)$24 · $0.00
The Mother DanceHarriet Lerner9h 39m4.0 (3.2K)$29 · $0.00
The Dance of AngerHarriet Lerner6h 51m4.3 (51.6K)$24 · $0.00
The Dance of AngerHarriet Lerner2h 58m4.3 (71K)$18 · $0.00
Fear and Other Uninvited GuestsHarriet Lerner3h 45m4.1 (1.7K)$17 · $0.00
The Dance of IntimacyHarriet Lerner2h 52m4.2 (14.5K)$18 · $0.00
The Dance of ConnectionHarriet Lerner4h 39m4.3 (5.5K)$20 · $0.00
Learning to PrayJames Martin13h 24m4.5 (3.4K)$33 · $0.00
Swayam Ki AwaazPrem Rawat8h 34m4.7 (1.1K)$26 · $0.00
Forever BoyKate Swenson9h 27m4.7 (5K)$29 · $0.00
You Are Worth ItKyle Carpenter, Don Yaeger8h 53m4.7 (4.8K)$29 · $0.00
The Happiest Man on EarthEddie Jaku3h 48m4.6 (178K)$7 · $0.00
Finding MeViola Davis9h 15m4.6 (256.4K)$29 · $0.00
Spiritual AnatomyDaaji Kamlesh D. Patel9h 47m4.7 (319)$29 · $0.00
The Dangerous Truth about Today’s MarijuanaLaura Stack CSP, MBA9h 57m4.7 (385)$20 · $0.00
The Gospel according to Spiritualism (Translated)Allan Kardec14h 39m4.6 (3.9K)$5.70 · $0.00
Birdie & HarlowTaylor Wolfe7h 50m4.6 (6.5K)$26 · $0.00
CrossroadsKaleb Dahlgren7h 56m4.6 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Life on the BridgeKaelynn Partlow5h 40m4.6 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Keep Your Love OnDanny Silk9h 4m4.6 (8.1K)$10 · $0.00
The Tao of Joy Every DayDerek Lin10h 24m4.6 (762)$20 · $0.00
UndividedVicky Beeching9h 2m4.6 (1.3K)$29 · $0.00
HE CAN WHO THINKS HE CAN & OTHER BOOKS ON SUCCESSOrison Swett Marden5h 54m4.6 (1.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Level UpRob Dial7h 42m4.6 (3.3K)$26 · $0.00
Burn the HaystackJennie Young, PhD9h 30m4.6 (543)$29 · $0.00
ACRES OF DIAMONDS: Our Every-day Opportunities (Wisdom & Empowerment Series) (Annotated)Russell Conwell2h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Good InsideBecky Kennedy9h 55m4.5 (59.3K)$29 · $0.00
What to Make of a LifeJim Collins13h 31m4.4 (794)$33 · $0.00
Invisible StormJason Kander6h 48m4.7 (3.2K)$24 · $0.00
I Am The StormJanice Dean9h4.6 (1.5K)$8 · $0.00
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m4.6 (6.5K)$29 · $0.00
TerraformPropaganda5h 39m4.7 (594)$24 · $0.00
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (Annotated)Ida B. Wells-Barnett2h 44m4.6 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
Hour of the HeartIrvin D. Yalom, Benjamin Yalom8h 19m4.6 (2.3K)$26 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m4.7 (359)$29 · $0.00
Level UpRob Dial7h 42m4.6 (3.3K)$26 · $0.00
As a JewSarah Hurwitz8h 36m4.6 (1.2K)$26 · $0.00
Saint Joan (Annotated)George Bernard Shaw6h 20m4.6 (1.2K)$1.20 · $0.00
Burn the HaystackJennie Young, PhD9h 30m4.6 (543)$29 · $0.00
Woman and the New Race (Annotated)Margaret Sanger6h 30m4.6 (1K)$0.99 · $0.00
Good InsideBecky Kennedy9h 55m4.5 (59.3K)$29 · $0.00
The Mis-Education of the NegroCarter Godwin Woodson5h 4m4.5 (29.4K)$1.20 · $0.00
Du Bois: EssaysW.E.B. Du Bois6h 22m4.6 (1.5K)$1 · $0.00
The North American Indian (Illustrated Edition)Edward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge5h 59m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
Valley of the BirdtailAndrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson10h 1m4.6 (2.4K)$29 · $0.00
Lies My Therapist Told MeGreg E. Gifford9h 3m4.6 (503)$29 · $0.00
Disturbed in Their NestsAlephonsion Deng, Judy A. Bernstein11h 22m4.6 (595)$23 · $0.00
You may also like
This Is How Your Marriage EndsMatthew Fray9h 15m4.2 (3.8K)$29 · $0.00
ManologyTyrese Gibson, Rev Run8h 18m4.0 (3.8K)$20
The Dance of ConnectionHarriet Lerner4h 39m4.3 (5.5K)$20 · $0.00
A Beautiful MindSylvia Nasar18h 10m4.2 (144.3K)$25 · $0.00
A Dress the Color of the SkyJennifer Irwin10h 26m4.5 (457)$20
The Proper Care and Feeding of HusbandsDr. Laura Schlessinger2h 21m3.8 (22.6K)$16 · $0.00
The Cranes DanceMeg Howrey11h 41m3.7 (4.1K)$23
What Your Mother Couldn't Tell You and Your Father Didn't KnowJohn Gray14h 33m3.8 (1.1K)$33 · $0.00
Prayers & Promises for MothersBroadStreet Publishing Group LLC1h 28m4.7 (1.3K)$10 · $0.00
The Death of Ivan IlychLeo Tolstoy2h 30m4.2 (283.3K)$2.30
The Dance of IntimacyHarriet Lerner2h 52m4.2 (14.5K)$18 · $0.00
Toxic Family: How to Set Firm Boundaries, Say No Without Guilt and Reclaim Your Peace (A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Confronting, and Overcoming Toxic Family Dynamics)Renato Mains59m$3.50 · $0.00
Retail Therapy Gone WrongMia R. Wellington4h 8m$4.10 · $0.00
The Boy Grew OlderHeywood Broun6h 3m$2.30
Insecurity: Learn Easy Ways to Overcome Your Insecurity (How to Overcome Insecurity and Start Embracing Yourself to Increase Your Self-esteem)George Peterson3h 12m$3.50 · $0.00
Connections That Cannot Be BrokenSara Melo3h 10m$1.80 · $0.00
Improving Relations with Your PartnerAndrew Richardson47m$4 · $0.00
The Truth about CheatingM. Gary Neuman6h 49m3.6 (281)$22
Narcissism: Recovering from Emotionally Abusive Relationships (A Guide to Overcoming Narcissistic Behaviors and Cultivating Authentic Relationships)Mason g, John Hancock4h 15m$17 · $0.00
Trust Works!Ken Blanchard2h 10m3.8 (666)$16 · $0.00