Together: Kindness in everyday relationships

2022 Jack Ricchiuto
Paperback, 232 pages
Cover design: Tia Andrako
Cover image: Giancarlo Callichia - “Together” 1976 Haiti

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New article based on the book: “Making Relationships Easier” (7 min)

The pandemic caused many of us to rethink what’s important to us. What’s important is what we enjoy. If our relationships have an outsize influence on the quality of our lives, we would want to make our relationships as enjoyable as possible. We enjoy what we make easy rather than work.

In Together, 31-time author Jack Ricchiuto describes how the essence of our relationships is our conversations. The quality of our conversations shapes the quality of our relationships. Making our relationships easier is all about making our conversations easier. Considering a wide swath of classic relationship dynamics, the book outlines how easier is possible in our conversations and relationships. It is especially for those of us dedicated to “working” on any of our relationships.

As it turns out, making conversations easier makes kindness in them more possible. There are not a lot of downsides to more kindness in our relationships, lives, and world.

Here is a sampling of questions explored in this book:

> Why do people make conversations and relationships far more work than they need to be?
> How does something as simple as mindfulness make conversations and relationships easier?
> Is kindness possible no matter what’s going on, including drama?
> Do I need to change myself or others to co-create viable relationships?
> What are classic conversation breakdowns and cures?
> Why is it OK to not be friends with others?
> How are love and trust different?
> What makes being responsive rather than reactive possible?
> What happens when power is shared in a relationship?
> Is it possible to give up arguing with anyone, about anything?
> Why does language alone have the power to make and break relationships?
> What are naive and mature views on love?
> Is it possible to create moments where I take nothing personally?
> What is forgiveness, really?
> How is co-creating fairness a gateway to harmony and trust in relationships?
​​​​​​​> Why is trust the golden key to unlocking the potential of relationships?