Speaking from the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love

By Anne Hodder-Shipp

Speaking from the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love is an updated and expansive approach that recognizes that Love Languages apply to ALL relationships - not just heterosexual marriage. And there's WAY more than five of them. Love languages are a theory related to the ways people express, identify, and receive love.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shoebox Press
• Release date: Jun 27, 2021
• ISBN: 9781736904909

Anne Hodder-Shipp

Anne Hodder-Shipp (she/they) is a certified sex and relationships educator and dreamwork practitioner who's worked in the field of sexuality since 2007. Their candid commentary and informed perspective about sex, identity, and relationships have appeared in major media outlets, including Parents.com; O, The Oprah Magazine; Men's Health; Bustle; and Vice.

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Speaking From The Heart

Speaking From The Heart

18 Languages for Modern Love

Anne Hodder-Shipp, CSE

Shoebox Press

Contents

Praise for Speaking From the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love

Introduction

Before You Dive In!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Accountability

2. Active Listening

3. Acts of Empathy

4. Affirming Communication

5. Bestowing

6. Emotional Labor

7. Engaged Experiences

8. Intentional Time

9. Personal Growth

10. Platonic Touch

11. Problem-Solving

12. Providing

13. Shared Beliefs

14. Solidarity

15. Teamwork

16. Thoughtful Service

17. Undivided Attention

18. Upskilling

You made it through!

A note about self- & co-regulation

About the Author

Support Anne’s Work!

Copyright © 2021-2022 Anne Hodder-Shipp

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Praise for Speaking From the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love

"Anne Hodder-Shipp’s Speaking from the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love is the follow up to The 5 Love Languages society has needed for decades. It is a refreshing and inclusive look at the ways we connect in relationships and will help clinicians, coaches, sex educators, and anyone attempting to engage in relationships with other humans as we navigate the messiness of life. I look forward to utilizing this ebook with my clients as a means of aiding their relational growth and highly recommend it to everyone!"

Kristine Ives (she/her), LMFT, CE-2,

Certified Brainspotting Therapist &

Co-Founder of Braveheart Retreats

"Speaking from the Heart: 18 Languages for Modern Love is a brilliant foundational guide for people of all ages and identities who are ready to level up their relationship skills. Practical, relevant, and user-friendly, SFTH offers dozens of specific examples for how to match your feelings of love with actionable, identifiable behaviors that build connection and nourish humanity in the 21st century. No longer left wondering,