Read by the author - Katherine Woodward Thomas Conscious Uncoupling is a breakup or divorce that is characterized by good will, generosity, and respect. And its a book for anyone who has ever experienced a bad breakup of any kind -- with a girlfriend, boyfriend, friend, boss, employee, husband, or wife -- and who wants to try another way. Its well past time we became more grown-up and less damaging in how we dissolve relationships. Conscious Uncoupling is a tried-and-true, step-by-step process for completing the old relationship while holding out for the possibility of generating a happier and healthier one. Katherine Woodward Thomas teaches listeners how to have difficult conversations with the other person in their relationship, how to clear away any toxic emotional residue left between them, and how to train ones social community to adjust to the new form of the relationship and behave respectfully toward both individuals.