Gary Smalley, Ph.D. is one of America’s best-known speakers on family relationships and the author of numerous books, including Marriage for a Lifetime, Secrets to Lasting Love, The Blessing (with John Trent), Bound by Honor (with son Greg), Food & Love, and most recently, Men’s Relational Toolbox (with both Greg and Michael). Gary is the president of the Smalley Relationship Center in Missouri, where he lives with his wife, Norma.

"Everything in life that truly matters can be boiled down to relationships." That’s why Gary Smalley says it’s so important to learn safe, healthy relating patterns. The DNA of Relationships will help you to understand how you’re designed to be in three exciting and fulfilling types of relationships. It teaches you the main barriers to great relationships and how to construct satisfying relationships with those close to you – your spouse, best friend, your son, even co-workers and neighbors.

Review:

Like Smalley's previous books, THE DNA OF RELATIONSHIPS is engaging, largely because he sprinkles his teaching points with anecdotes in which he presents himself as the jerk who has taken years to learn lessons he wants to pass along; the "relationship expert" is just a regular guy. His style is also evident in this book's clear outline; for example, chapter 4, "The Power of One: Take Personal Responsibility" includes "six steps to take control of your emotions and reactions to life." For extra measure, each chapter ends with a one-page "One-Minute Review" of the major points.

Evelyn Bence, FaithfulReader