12 Questions for Love: A Guide to Intimate Conversations and Deeper Relationships
By (Author) Topaz Adizes
Foreword by Sonya Renee Taylor
Blue Star Press
Sasquatch Books
6th February 2024
21st December 2023
United States
General
Non Fiction
Sex and sexuality: advice and issues
152.41
Hardback
224
Width 145mm, Height 223mm, Spine 19mm
420g
An essential, inclusive guide to achieving deeper romantic connection-featuring a foreword by Your Body is Not an Apology's Sonya Renee Taylor. Bravely explore the heart of your relationship through 12 proven questions with insight culled from 1,500 real conversations in The Skin Deep's Emmy Award-winning documentary series. When was the last time you asked your romantic partner a truly thought-provoking question that illuminated what was special about your connection This essential guide by the creator of The Skin Deep's bestselling conversation decks unveils a powerful set of questions to spark meaningful conversations. These 12 questions-such as "What is the pain in me you wish you could heal"-have been proven to nurture authentic intimacy and amplify joy in your relationship, regardless of age, gender, or sexuality. Drawn from countless hours observing (and holding space for) intimate conversations unfold, author Topaz Adizes shows you how to be braver, go deeper, discover the profound power of vulnerability, and uncover the magic that awaits when you dare to ask the real questions. This book provides the path to feeling more connected with your partner than ever before.
Ive known Topaz for over a decade, and 12 Questions for Love is a perfect example of the incredibly curious, open, and uniting person behind {THE AND}. These seemingly simple questions distill years of observations, encouraging us to discuss what matters most and allow our relationships to thrive. Empowering and insightful, with heartfelt solutions to real-life problems, this is the book I wish I couldve given to my younger self.
Jodie Whittaker, actor
In todays info-saturated world, answers are easy to come bybut powerful, connective questions are what we need more than ever. In this game-changing book, inspired by his award-winning film series, Topaz Adizes shares a dozen questions that can deepen and enrich the most important relationships in your life. Buy this book not just for yourself, but for the people you truly care about.
Warren Berger, bestselling author of A More Beautiful Question
When we pose a question to someone we love and listen deeply to their reply, we not only learn, we deepen our human bond with them. In this moving book, Topaz Adizes gives us the profound gift of questions that will transform our relationships, and our lives, forever.
Jeff Wetzler, author of Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You
TOPAZ ADIZES is an Emmy award-winning writer, director, and experience design architect. He is an Edmund Hillary fellow and Sundance/ Skoll stories of change fellow. His works have been selected to Cannes, Sundance, IDFA, and SXSW; featured in New Yorker magazine, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times; and have garnered an Emmy for new approaches to documentary and two world press photo awards for immersive storytelling and interactive documentary. He is currently the founder and executive director of the experience design studio The Skin Deep. Topaz studied philosophy at UC Berkeley and Oxford University. He speaks four languages, and currently lives in Mexico with his wife and two children.