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Who's Pushing Your Buttons?

Handling the Difficult People in Your Life

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Who's Pushing Your Buttons?

By: John Townsend
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Button-pushers come in all shapes and sizes, but they have one thing in common: Their behavior drives us crazy and makes us dream of ways to escape the mess we're in.

The person who pushes your buttons is likely someone who matters to you - a spouse, a parent, a boss, a fellow church member. Almost always this difficult person is connected to you by blood, love, faith, or money, so you can't just end the relationship without causing pain and upheaval in your life.

Our friends and today's culture will often advise us to abandon such relationships quickly - to end this unpleasant chapter and get on with our lives. Psychologist and author Dr. John Townsend disagrees: "Your button-pusher is not someone you would easily and casually leave. You are intertwined at many levels. It is worth the trouble to take a look at the ways the relationship you had, and want, can be revived and reborn."

In this easy-to-listen-to audiobook he offers:

  • Expert insights to help you understand your own button-pusher
  • Wise assistance in determining the nature of the problem
  • Compassionate help in identifying your failed attempts to fix things
  • A hope-filled vision for what can be and how to make it come true
  • Rich resources to help you navigate the necessary changes
©2004 John Townsend (P)2021 Thomas Nelson
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Practical Guidance • Specific Practices • Helpful Biblical References • Engaging Narration • Applicable Advice
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Lots of good advice. Well worth the time to listen. Great therapy without the cost.

Helpful

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After the listening the book I realized I have been out of resources to handle my relationship s. Now I have at least a hope.

The author confirms my thoughts

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This is a great book. The reader was engaging and the principals and advice is practical and life applicable.

Easy to Apply

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Loved it! Practical guidance on how to deal with your crazy maker! Yes its a bunch off work, but even crazy makers need this kind of love.

Best I have Read

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This book has shed much light on my past and present issues and has brought a lot of understanding to me. Thank you author for letting God use you to provide such a great resource.!!

My whole life was filled with button pushers

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I don’t know about you, but what led me to this book was a confrontational Christmas. And needed some guidance. I have read other books by the same author and always enjoyed them so when I saw this title, I was intrigued. It did not disappoint. What I liked most here is that there was practical guidance and specific notes to take and practices to implement to prepare wellfor the types of conversations that need to be had to rectify some of the pain points in our family’s relationships. If we want a legacy of closeness in our family and if we want to overcome generational bad habits, then we need to learn how to have the conversations, like this book teaches to move forward in a new direction. I very much appreciated reading this and would highly encourage you too as well.

Exactly what I needed!

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Very disappointing. Too much God and enough information how to actually deal with button pushers. Too much useless information.

Too much about God

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As a Christian myself I am not upset by Biblical references, however cover, title, description, etc., do not accurately communicate that this book is much more based on the author’s personal values and not on psychological science. The Biblical references don’t really add to the therapeutic and self-help purpose of the book and are often a bit forced. Would be better classified under spiritual lifestyle. The narration can come across as somewhat condescending as well. I’ve read a lot of psychology books and religious books and I didn’t really find this book valuable to either spectrum.

Incorrect Genre. Condescending tone.

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This author relies heavily on biblical scripture to illustrate his concepts, which is probably helpful if biblical scripture resonates with you or improves your understanding. I prefer more science and psychology based approaches, so I returned this title.

Just not for me

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The narration is too slow.
And too much reference to religious passages. You may like it, just not my cup of tea.

Too much reference to the Bible

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