What People Say about the Vissell’s Work:

“I can’t think of anything more important to the healing of our society than a connection between spirituality, relationship and parenthood. Bravo to the Vissells for helping us find the way.”  —MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, author of A Return To Love and A Woman’s Worth

“Barry and Joyce plough through the hard and soft spaces of the journey with great inner strength and deep respect for reflective inner tuning.” —RAM DASS

“I always sleep easier knowing that there are such caring, loving, and sensitive people doing what they can to make this world better for all of us. Joyce and Barry, we are all more for your efforts.” —LEO BUSCAGLIA

“For decades now, Barry and Joyce Vissell have been helping individuals, couples and families to live their highest possibilities. The integrity of their message has such healing power because they are examples of what they teach.” —JOHN ROBBINS, author of Diet For a New America and May All Be Fed

“My work in international conflict resolution has taught me that peace is not made between nations or cultures. Peace is only made between individuals. Barry and Joyce are working effectively at the core of this true peacemaking — within the heart of person to person understanding. They are the real peacemakers.” —DANAAN PARRY, Earthstewards Network, author of Warriors of the Heart, and father of American Citizen Diplomacy.

“I convey my best wishes to you both for the important work you are doing.”  —AL GORE

“The Vissell’s work will bless your whole life.” —JOHN BRADSHAW, author of Healing the Shame That Binds You

“It is so refreshing to see a wife and husband team writing books and teaching workshops on relationship as a deeply united and committed couple. Their work goes straight to the heart.” —GENEEN ROTH, author of When Food Is Love

I honor Joyce and Barry Vissell as two of the most genuine, heart-centered teachers of love and relationship. They have been my models of loving relationship for many years. —ALAN COHEN, author of The Dragon Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and I Had It All The Time

“First the One became the many. Now the many are uniting back into the One by the miracle of love. Barry and Joyce show how the human relationship is the first step.” —PIR VILAYAT KHAN, head of the Sufi Order of America

“We love to immerse ourselves in any book written by Joyce and Barry. They offer the priceless gift of their own experience with relationship, commitment, vulnerability, sorrow and loss, along with the profound guide to healing that comes from the core of their being and blesses us with gentle wisdom.” —GAYLE AND HUGH PRATHER, authors of Notes To Myself and Notes To Each Other

“When people ask me where they can learn more about how to love, I always say without hesitation: the Vissell’s workshops.” —TOLLY BURKAN, author and founder of the Firewalking Movement in the U.S.

“Joyce and Barry have created a nurturing experience which allowed both our fears and our dreams to surface, moving us beyond the impasses in our relating together.” —LESLIE AND MICHAEL TIERRA, authors of The Way of Herbs

“Barry and Joyce Vissell are an example of the commitment about which they write.” —RESHAD FEILD, author of The Last Barrier, The Invisible Way and Steps To Freedom

“Joyce and Barry are able to inspire a rare level of trust, empathy and bonding within their groups. People feel so at home in their presence that they let go of their barriers. I was amazed at the healing atmosphere present in the room.” —NEW TIMES

“Barry and Joyce’s workshops are intense, passionate, tender and loving journeys into the depth of one’s being. They are extraordinary opportunities for growth.” —AEGIS INSTITUTE, NEW YORK

“Barry and Joyce show how a partnership can be based on seeking the divinity of life together and that such a union can really last.” —DRS. JUDYTH REICHENBERG-ULLMAN AND ROBERT ULLMAN, authors of The Patient Guide to Homeopathy

“From the perspectives of romance, marriage, making love, parenting, careers, spiritual initiation, and loss of a loved one, this remarkable couple exhibits insight, acceptance and transcendence, at the same time offering specific tools for the transformational process of love.” —YOGA JOURNAL

“The Shared Heart is an extremely accessible, warm and wise book that blends good personal, practical experiences with observations of life that will speak to a wide audience.” —LESLIE MEREDITH, SENIOR EDITOR, BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL

“The Shared Heart is a beautifully written book about the journey of committed relationship. It is joyful and moving, an experience to be savored.”  —The Common Boundary

“Joyce and Barry have managed to translate heart essence into the written word a very rare occurrence indeed. Reading their books, we experience cover-to-cover laughter, tears of joy, and much wisdom.” —Rico and Jeannine Parvati Baker, authors of Hygeia, Prenatal Yoga, and Conscious Conception