This book is about powerful communications between family members. By communications you can create nurturing environment for all members to flourish. To reduce misunderstanding. It teaches you the love yourself and ways to first concentrate on yourself to be healthy then helping others. The basic message has been and is that a strong link exists between life in the family and the kind of adults that family's children become. Since individuals make up society, it seems very important that we develop the strongest and most congruent people possible. It has metaphors to make the complex concepts understandable. It has steps for figuring things out. Like first step is to detect and change recognize what is happening. Talks about the characteristic of the nurturing family and how to get there. It also identifies trouble families and how to avoid to become one. 1) Recognize family sometimes trouble family 2) You need to forgive yourself for past mistakes. Give yourself permission to change, know that things can be different. 3) Make decisions and change things 4) Take action to start the process of change. It has detail steps to achieve the nurturing family and being self-actualized. Virginia Satir is one of the most power healers and her work and psychotherapy practices has helped thousands of family to become nurturing families. Her passion and love shines through every word and every page. It warms your heart, as healer that really cares about you giving you advice in the very simple language.