This book was extremely helpful. The author did a great job of helping me understand myself and the different types of emotional needs that other people have. I definitely felt like this book helped me figure out how to better communicate with others. For example, I was doing something I didn't even realize I was doing during communication. When other people come to talk with me, I often will have my own personal story to share after they've told me their story. Sometimes this is okay but many times I need to do a better job of listening to others instead of jumping in and telling them my story. This book challenged me to be a better listener and really take the time to understand the emotional needs of the people that are important to me. I thought the author did a great job of narrating the book, as well. Huge thanks to Netgalley and the audiobook publisher for allowing to listen and review this audiobook.

In the book the author poses a solution to problem of miscommunication. She recognizes different types of people and their love language towards close ones. I was intruiged from the beginning and was more than happy to dive into the audiobook right away. Unfortunately, from the beginning I was wondering who is the audience of this book because I felt that author in her voyage to prove her theory, she lacked diversity of different experiences. This strong generalization and bringing her own examples from her relationship made it more like a memoir than actually helpful guide to creating successful relationships. I would love her to skip those parts about how lucky she is to have great partner, and focus on people she got to work with. I feel like because of that I cann9t relate to most of her experiences and examples because they were that specific. In another moments they were very vaguage and I was looking forward to getting deeper into the solution. Overall I feel like the book would be shorter it'd be better to retain the info. Overall I appreciate the author sharing her experiences.

Emotional Magnetism is that kind of book that keeps you thinking "oh yes, why have I never thought of it?", it heds light on those things that seem obvious but normally get too little attention.

The author basically focus on the major flaws in our everyday communication at work, with our family, friends, partners, giving plenty of examples that are quite relatable, then proceeds to give you insights and share food for thought on how to become more attuned to other people's needs by empathically connecting with them but also, and this is new material for me, trying to understand what their so called emotional magnets are (what is most important for them and what we should keep in mind when communicating, according to the different magnet or magnets a person has). There's also a very useful set of practical excercises you can do at your own pace.

I really enjoyed the narrator being the author: she has a very nice, soothing voice and you can literally hear how passionate she is when explaining her ideas.

In this audiobook, a communication coach identifies four emotional "magnets" that you can target to better craft your message to your audience.

The book does a good job of explaining the Safety, Achievement, Value, and Experience motivators, how they affect people, and how you can leverage this understanding for better communications and relationships. However, I think these categories are oversimplified. For instance, in the quiz, I scored highest on Experience and lowest on Achievement. Yet, the goal-oriented aspect of Achievement is probably my #1 motivator. And while I identify with the curiosity and creativity aspects of Experience, I'm the farthest thing from spontaneous.

I think this book is a valuable resource when it comes to understanding communication and persuasion. But when it comes to understanding people? No.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.