Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (Les & Leslie Parrott)
Created by relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott, Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts has become the gold standard for helping engaged and newlywed couples build a solid foundation for lifelong love. This comprehensive marriage program is designed specifically for today's couples by a couple. Use with the Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Seven-Session Complete Resource Kit (9780310875819).
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 1, Have You Faced the Myths of Marriage with Honesty?
What you believe about marriage will become the fuel for your behavior in marriage. For this reason, exploring the myths of marriage is essential. One myth we believe is that *we enter marriage expecting the same things*. We both have unspoken rules and unconscious roles that we expect our spouse...
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 2, Can You Identify Your Love Style?
Love is fluid—it is comprised of three components that change in their balance and priority over time. **Passion** is the *physical* component of love. **Intimacy** is the *emotional* component of love. And **Commitment** is the *willful* ingredient of love. You will define love in your own terms...
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 3, Have You Developed the Habit of Happiness?
How do you typically respond when unexpected circumstances interrupt your plans? The one habit that can make or break your relationship is the capacity to adjust to things beyond your control. The most important quality of a marriageable person is the habit of happiness. The toxins that threaten ...
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 4, Can You Say What You Mean and Understand What You Hear?
There are some basic skills for communicating effectively with your spouse. First, **clarify content** to keep from jumping to conclusions. Men and women use different types of talking: Men use *report* talk, women use *rapport* talk. Second, **reflect feelings** to make your spouse feel understo...
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 5, Have You Bridged the Gender Gap?
Everybody knows that men and women are different. But what most newlywed couples don't realize, until they cross the proverbial threshold, is just how pronounced that difference is. There is a difference in the way we **solve problems:** men want to *solve* them, women want to *explore* them. In ...
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 6, Do You Know How to Fight a Good Fight?
Conflict is inevitable. Now matter how "in love" a couple is, friction eventually emerges. But the savvy couple knows how to use this conflict to their advantage. Negative feelings that get buried have a high rate of resurrection. Healthy conflict avoids criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and st...
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Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Session 7, Are You and Your Partner Soul Mates?
You can do everything right in marriage and still wake up one morning and wonder, "Is this it?" You will continually be looking for depth and meaning in your relationship until you explore your spiritual nature—how the two of you walk together with God. And did you know? ...Couples who pray toget...
