Practical guides

Short, practical ebooks for the moments that keep going wrong in everyday relationships. Each guide focuses on one difficult situation and gives you a practical process for handling it more clearly.

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Created by Spencer Stern, author of the Socionics Made Simple series and creator of Socionics Insight.

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Partners Clarifying Texts without Arguing over Meaning

Decode three difficult texts in 14 days and know what to ask next.

Who it's for: Partners who keep misunderstanding each other over text and want a calmer way to work out what actually happened.

The problem it helps with: After a tense exchange, you each remember the message differently, and the argument moves from what was written to who is right about what was meant.

What you'll learn:

  • Preserve the exact wording, punctuation, timing and first response before memory rewrites them
  • Separate what was written from what was heard and what was assumed
  • Use a five-step record to review an exchange without turning it into a courtroom
  • Acknowledge emotional impact without presenting an interpretation as fact
  • Recognise when text is the wrong room for a difficult conversation

Digital guide, 55 pages, seven chapters, plus a printable checklist and worksheet · $37 USD

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Helping Your Child Repair Playground Friendships without Taking Sides

Help your child repair a playground misunderstanding with one calm conversation.

Who it's for: Parents of 8 to 10-year-olds who come home upset after a falling-out with a friend.

The problem it helps with: You want to take your child's hurt seriously without blaming another child or deciding too soon that the friendship is over.

What you'll learn:

  • Acknowledge your child's hurt while keeping the full story open
  • Separate what happened from feelings and assumptions with the Four Box Sort
  • Run a five-minute sorting conversation using child-friendly prompts
  • Prepare a simple opening rather than a prepared case
  • Decide whether the next step is repair, space or support

Digital guide, 67 pages, seven chapters, plus two bonus worksheets · $29 USD

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Free guide 76 pages on repeating relationship patterns, with a three-cycle mapping worksheet and a timing, requests and boundaries checklist.