The art of proximity

Psychologist Ján Hrustič says that loneliness is when we are next to each other, but each in his own world.  When the partnership falls into routine and love is exhausted by quarrels, mutual hurt, intolerance and misunderstanding, alienation and a sense of loneliness set in. But it's not an irreversible process and it's in our hands - we just need to focus on the right things, learn to communicate appropriately and find the courage to take responsibility for the quality of the relationship.

• What makes us feel lonely in a relationship?  
• What to do if intimacy has disappeared from the relationship?  
• How and when to talk to your partner about unpleasant things and what is a good non-committal conversation for?  
• What is the difference between infatuation and mature partner love?  
• What role does egocentrism, manipulation or relationships with parents play in a partnership?  
• And is it true that conflicts make our relations develop?

Ján Hrustič has 40 years of experience as a psychologist and therapist. It has helped many couples to return closeness and trust to their relationship, but it has also helped many to part with dignity or to cope with a break-up. He has accompanied others through periods of loneliness, uncertainty, doubt and helped them to mature and grow.  In an interview with Monika Kompaníková, she focuses on the problems of close relationships and their roots and offers concrete techniques to return a sense of fulfillment, intimacy, closeness and freedom to the partnership.

In the second part of the audiobook, Ján Hrustič also talks about himself, his childhood in a village in a Ruthenian family, his path to psychology and mysticism. He himself has undergone a great personal transformation thanks to psychotherapy and work experience with prisoners and disabled young people, and his advice is not only based on theory, but mainly on years of practice.