I Think We Need To Talk: Life, Love and Relationships

This book is a hard hitting comprehensive guide that takes a look at relationships and how they really are in the world today. This is your new user and repair manual for healthy relationships. It is the brainstorm of Professor Thomas W. Nagle. He started doing research for this book 10 years ago and became serious about writing it about 5 years ago. Hundreds of men and women were interviewed during this time to gather the important information needed regarding what makes a good relationship and what doesn't work. “This is your user and repair guide” for present day relationships.” Some of the concepts in this book are embedded in multiple articles. This is by design. We want you to get the “essence” of all the important concepts within multiple contexts. Many of these concepts will apply to various cycles of a relationship and the overlaps will help you remember them. For example, stress management applies to the looking for a new relationship, sustaining an existing relationship and exiting a bad relationship. A breath of fresh air has just blown into the world of old school relationship books. Most everyone will be able to relate to the articles regardless of gender, income class or relationship status. They have mixed the “academia” theory along with the “school of hard knocks” to bring you the perfect blend of both. You will be armed with new tools and ideas to handle most of the relationship issues that may come your way. This information can change your way of thinking and help you to see things about yourself and others that you may have never thought about before. Happily married, on the market, not happy, conflicted or just breaking up, this book has you covered on what you need to know. This is a definite value added book and most everyone can learn something new about Life and Love. This book was written to get you to start thinking. We have written this book it in a way that encourages you to critically think your own assumptions about love, life and relationships. You will gain new insights and acquire new tools to help you make better decisions in many aspects of your life. We will attempt to answer many of the "why" questions that you may have. In the end you should draw your own conclusions. This book will hopefully spare you from making some mistakes that we have already made and save you from wasting valuable time. It may also help clarify what it is exactly that you are really looking for in a relationship. In a nutshell, you will be better equipped to make wiser decisions when it comes to “matters of the heart.” We will take you full circle from wanting to find a relationship, how to find the right kind of partner and how to avoid hooking up with toxic people. You will learn to see the red flags and warnings that you will want to stay clear of when searching for a new mate. You need to be open minded and willing to change your own bad habits, thought process and behavior patterns if you wish to change the outcome of past bad relationships. We will then enter the phase of a new relationship with a new partner and provide you with tips to help you keep your new relationship healthy. This will give you the tools that you need to make a healthy long-term relationship. You will learn how to leave your old baggage behind you for good. You will learn that you must find closure and that you need to heal your wounds before you can move forward. You will then be able to move forward again and be able to find a healthy, happy and sustainable relationship. You can then use all the tools you have learned in this book to do it right the next time. This has taken you step by step right back to the beginning of being “Back on the market” again. The insights that you have gained here will stay with you long after you have finished reading.

Professor Thomas W. Nagle grew up as a military child and was born in Germany. Both of his parents served in World War Two and he lived in many places while he was young. He moved for Salt Lake City to Silver City New Mexico and graduated early from High School in Silver City, New Mexico. He then went on to attend Pima College in Tucson Arizona. He then transferred to Northern Arizona University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a Minor in Business. He was very active in school and served as Vice President of The Associated Students of Northern Arizona University his senior Year. After graduating from NAU he then went on to finish his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from National University in San Diego, It is finally “Off His Own Bucket List”. Tamra Lynn Smith started writing music and lyrics in 1993. She is a published author and wrote several biography articles for many of the top country music stars in 1998. She created her first song in 1998 “Move A Mountain” with the help of Greg Austin. Greg went on to release the song on his debut album. She interviewed and published articles in Southern Country Music Magazine for Garth Brooks, David Ball, Ernie Ashworth, Jan Buckingham, Steve Warner and many of the old-timer musicians that played at the Grand Ole Opry in 1998 and 1999. She has published articles in several women’s magazines over the years. Tamra is well known for her indie hit songs and the songs that she writes to support veterans, families & military members. See http://projecttroops.org