Janice Hoffman The Three Appreciations

Published: April 4, 2016, noon

b'Janice Hoffman is not just any speaker, trainer and award winning author.\\xa0 She has the unique background of being personally trained by Dr. John Gray \\u2013 author of \\u201cMen are From Mars, Women are From Venus\\u201d, as his first Mars Venus Facilitator.\\nShe then proceeded to become the training director of the Mars Venus Institute and help train over 550 Mars Venus Facilitators worldwide.\\nThis experience with Dr. Gray led her to write \\u201cRelationship Rules ~ 12 Strategies for Creating a Love That Lasts.\\u201d\\xa0 A book that condenses the Mars / Venus philosophy into 12 easy-to-use strategies.\\xa0\\nSince 1997, Janice has been presenting her \\u201cGet Smart Dating\\u201d program to teens in Colorado., providing teens a place to learn what guys and girls are thinking, and why they behave the way they do when it comes to dating.\\nGuiding Principle, Quote or Mantra\\nRemembering that as men and women we are different.\\xa0 And because we are different we have different values.\\nTripped Up in a Partnership\\nWhen Janice used to tell her ex-husband over and over again what hurt her feelings or did not work for her.\\xa0 Then she learned that as long as she gets her man\\u2019s attention and clearly states what did not work and what she would prefer in the future and then drops it she fares much better.\\xa0 She sets him up to win.\\nThe \\u201cDUH\\u201d moment that changed your partnerships forever\\nHer and her husband attended John Gray\\u2019s workshop after going to 10 different therapists and at the end of the day her husband said \\u201cYou\\u2019ve never appreciated me.\\u201d\\xa0 He moved out two days later and they have been divorced ever since.\\nHere DUH moment was when she realized that men will gravitate towards where the appreciation lives. \\nProudest moment in partnership \\nHaving broken the cycle of abuse she came from, with her kids.\\nCurrent Partnership that Has You Excited\\nTwo new friends from a mastery program that have her really excited about life.\\xa0 And a partnership with a teen home in Boulder, Colorado where she may be providing her Get Smart Dating program for the teens there. \\nWhat is the best partnership / relationship advice you have ever received?\\nMarianne Williamson provided two great tips.\\xa0 One is, who among us has not done fill in the blank?\\xa0 We very likely have done the same thing just on a different day.\\nAnd the second one is about turning arrows into roses. \\nBest Partnership Book\\n\\n\\nMars and Venus in the Bedroom: A Guide to Lasting Romance and Passion\\n\\n(Janice recommends it be on every couple\\u2019s nightstand)\\n\\nSmall Miracles: Extraordinary Coincidences from Everyday Life\\n\\n<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0976558807/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0976558807&linkCode=as2&tag=speakofpartn-2...'