Are you looking for help with relationship communication?

What is Spiritual Partnership?

And How Does It Affect Relationship Communication?

Welcome to my website – and my
relationship books – where you will find refreshingly different advice that bypasses the need for better communication!
My spiritually-based relationships advice is
different because it explains:

Why it is a MYTH that communication is the most important relationship skill and why communication fails many couples.

How to treat relationship as a spiritual practice (not religious, but spiritual in a broader sense).
Why couples should STOP trying to solve their problems.
How one partner, acting alone, using LOVING ACTIONS, can create rapid positive change in even very troubled relationships.
Why fairness and equality are NOT important in relationships the surprise MOST IMPORTANT SKILL couples should cultivate.

The Eight Loving Actions

The Eight Loving Actions that move you completely beyond the Old Model of relationship communication skills are these:

     1.  Adopt a Spirit of Good Will
     2. Give Up Problem-Solving
     3. Act As If
     4. Practice Restraint
     5. Balance Giving and Taking
     6. Act on Your Own
     7. Practice Acceptance
     8. Practice Compassion

Meet Susan Page

Repeat Oprah guest Susan Page has been conducting workshops for both singles and couples, nationally and internationally since 1980. She has keynoted dozens of relationship conventions and was invited to share the platform with John Gray at his recent Masonic Auditorium event in San Francisco. Her international speaking and media career has taken her to twenty-six states, Canada, Korea, Australia, and Mexico. She is a past chapter president of the National Speakers Association.

Now available for purchase!

All of my books as e-book downloads, on all e-book devices.

The Eight Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive

Susan Page wondered what she would learn by studying happy, thriving couples to see what they have in common.

How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together

Breakthrough Strategies to Resolve Your Conflicts and Reignite Your Love

Why Talking Is Not Enough

8 Loving Actions That Will Transform Your Marriage A Guidebook for Spiritual Partnership

If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?

Ten Strategies That Will Change Your Love Life Forever

The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book

Everything You Need to Know in the Order You Need to Know It

Training Manual for Therapists and Marriage Educators!

Leadership Training Manual
for Spiritual Partnership Couples Groups

Do you often find that you work hard to communicate with your partner - using all the relationship advice you've learned - and afterward you feel worse?

What The Experts Are Saying About

"Susan Page's ideas are hard not to do, once you have been introduced to them."

Anthony Robbins

Author of Awaken the Giant Within

"Susan Page is like the Buddha channeled by Ann Landers!"

Fred Small

Singer-songwriter

"Susan Page in her relationship book tells the truth with wisdom and clarity."

Kathleen and Gay Hendricks

Authors of Conscious Loving

"She’s a genius! I've read fifty relationship books, and this is my favorite!"

Kathleen McCleary

Formerly single reader

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The Eight Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive

Most relationship books are written by therapists who spend all their professional time with unhappy couples. Susan Page wondered what she would learn by studying happy, thriving couples to see what they have in common. The result is a remarkable blueprint for successful relationships, a delicious and delightful read for any couple, and the best imaginable gift for any newlyweds.

Formerly titled Now That I’m Married, Why Isn’t Everything Perfect?, this wise and useful guide has gained extraordinary critical acclaim from the foremost experts in the relationship field, and has helped thousands of couples achieve more fulfilling relationships. Drawing on more than twenty years of couples’ counseling experience, Dr. Susan Page explains the eight essential traits of a thriving marriage.

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"A MUST READ . . . Page combines head and heart, knowledge and wisdom, how to’s and warm feelings. I have never been more moved or excited reading other relationship books than I was by this one."

Krysta Kavenaugh

Editor, Marriage Magazine

Among relationship books, it is rare to find one with genuinely new ideas, but Susan Page has written one. Virtually every page presents a compelling insight. Susan believes that everyone who wants a happy marriage can have one, and by the end of this book, you will too.”

John Gray

Author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

“In clear, moving language, Susan Page taps into the deep essence of marriage. If you fear true love is too idealistic, your heart will warm as this book guides you to see your true self and your marriage in a whole new light. A true gem among relationship books!”

Robert A. Johnson

Author of We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love

How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together

Are you unable to communicate with your spouse? Are unresolved issues discouraging you? Are you frustrated that your partner won’t participate in solving your relationship problems?Good news!

You are not dependent upon what your partner does or doesn’t do in order to be happy. The cards are all in your hands as you provide Loving Leadership. This is NOT hard work; it’s a completely new approach to changing the atmosphere in your relationship marriage! This is a refreshing departure from most relationship books because you can do everything by yourself!

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"Every couple should read this relationship book! You will learn wonderful new behaviors you can easily adopt—you just never thought of them!"

Jack Canfield

Author of Chicken Soup for the Soul

“This remarkable book gives a brightness of hope and enormously practical ideas on how only one person can profoundly improve a relationship.”

Steven Covey

Author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

“A brilliant and valuable guide to enriching your relationship. Truly amazing and unique! These innovative strategies will transform you whether or not your partner is willing to help!”

Anthony Robbins

Author of Awaken the Giant Within

Why Talking Is Not Enough

8 Loving Actions That Will Transform Your Marriage

A Guidebook for Spiritual Partnership

Spiritual Partnership differs from the Old Model of relationships in
two major ways:
1. Loving Actions replace communication as the primary tool for
problem solving and relationship enrichment.
2. In Spiritual Partnership, your focus shifts from your partner and your relationship to your own spiritual path. In every situation, you ask yourself, “If I were to behave in accord with my highest spiritual
values right now, what would I do?” The Eight Loving Actions described in this book are easy-to-learn answers to that question.

Among relationship books, this one is unusual and different! It will shift your consciousness!

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"This is a clear and practical presentation of how to bring spiritual principles into everyday relationships. Susan Page presents essential information that will help every couple create more love and harmony in their life."

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author: How Did I Get Here?: Finding Your Way To Renewed Hope And Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns

“Susan Page has done it again—brilliantly! Never before have I been so convinced that actions speak louder than words. Think about this irony—a spiritual partnership that requires only one person to make it work.”

Author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

“Far from being hard to do, Susan Page’s ideas are hard not to do, once you have been introduced to them. She presents a strong case that actions speak louder than words. I highly recommend this book!”

Author, Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power

If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?

Ten Strategies That Will Change Your Love Life Forever

In this classic, worldwide bestseller, Susan Page sweeps aside all the popular excuses for not being able to find a mate and zeros in on the real reasons most involuntary singles remain single: ambivalence, pseudo high standards, “BTN” relationships (better than nothing), and the “intimacy gap.” Page was one of the first to identify “commitmentphobia,” and her guide to confronting it remains the defining standard.

This beloved “bible” for singles was updated and reissued in 2002 in a new edition with a new preface. It has been translated into a remarkable 20 foreign languages and was the Number One best seller in Russia in 1994! (To see the Russian best seller list, click here.)

By reading this classic of relationship books you will learn

  • How to defeat your hidden ambivalence and all your “excuses” for not finding love
  • How to increase the flow of eligible singles through your life
  • What to do when your standards are “too high” and you reject everyone you meet
  • How to decide whether your relationship is a “BTN” (better than nothing)
  • How to defeat “commitmentphobia”—in yourself or in your partner
  • How to manage an “intimacy gap”
  • How to overcome normal fears
  • The seven essential steps for finding love

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"BEHOLD A WONDER — a romantic self-help relationship book that is intelligent, upbeat, practical, useful, winning and even wise."

Kirkus Reviews

“This superb, practical, compassionate book really answers the question asked in the title… The chapter on “commitmentphobes” is a masterpiece and well worth the price of the book ten times over. A wise and valuable book!”

Penelope Russianoff, Ph.D.

“If you want to be in a relationship, don’t make any of the mistakes Susan talks about in this book! She’s a genius! I’ve read easily fifty relationship books, and this is my favorite by a long shot!”

Kathleen McCleary

Formerly single reader.

The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book

Everything You Need to Know in the Order You Need to Know It

Susan has written bestsellers that have been translated into 20 languages and sold in 28 countries. Now she shares with you the difference between common industry wisdom that doesn’t work and the precise easy-to-follow strategies that actually get results. In her groundbreaking classic, Susan will help you learn how to establish goals for your book, find and sign with the right agent, and get your book published successfully.

After reading this book, you will know

  • whether to self-publish or sell to a publisher
  • how to find a brilliant title for your book
  • the formula for an irresistible book proposal
  • a deliberate, organized method for finding the right agent for you
  • the six hidden heartbreaks in publishers’ contracts and how to avoid them
  • seven minimum requirements for a six-figure advance
  • a step-by-step plan for finding your own blockbuster promotion

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"The most thorough, accurate, user-friendly, well-organized and inspiring guide for writers on the market today. Period."

Richard Carlson

Author of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff