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MARRIAGES
from the FIRST YEARS UNTIL the CHILDREN LEAVE HOME |
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Power of Commitment : A Guide to Active, Lifelong Love - Scott M. Stanley,
Gary Smalley
What is commitment and what's so scary about it?
How can we better understand and appreciate the value of commitment and make it
last—for a lifetime? In his new book, Scott Stanley, best-selling marriage expert,
reveals that the secret ingredient for finding lasting love is understanding commitment.
Too often, men and women find themselves in half-committed, Maybe I Do, relationships
that lead to frustration, sadness, and, in many cases, divorce. But it doesn't
have to be this way. Scott Stanley offers a five-step plan—based on his groundbreaking
marital research and uniquely spiritual approach—for understanding commitment,
including learning to handle the pressures of everyday life, moving through the
pain of unfulfilled dreams and hopes, overcoming attraction to others that might
endanger a marriage, transforming your thinking from "me versus you" to "we" and
"us," and capturing the beauty and mystery of lifelong devotion, loyalty, teamwork,
and building a lasting vision for the future. "Nobody is more qualified to write
this book than Dr. Scott Stanley." —Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, Seattle Pacific
University; authors, Love Talk
"This book should be mandatory reading for
dating, engaged, newlywed, and not-so-newlywed couples. Bravo!" —Michele Weiner-Davis,
author, Divorce Busting and The Divorce Remedy | |
| Take
Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a
World That Pulls Us Apart - William Doherty, Ph.D.
Targeted
promotions to mental health professionals. A popular guide-as seen on "20/20"
and the "Today Show, " and featured in Ladies' Home Journal, the LA Times, and
Woman's Day-is now in paperback. Renowned family therapist William J. Doherty
describes how to break free of such common marital traps as confusing desires
with needs, applying a trade-in-the-old-model consumer mentality to one's own
spouse, or becoming overtime parents instead of full-time partners. |
| | The
Love List: Eight Little Things That Make a Big Difference in Your Marriage
- Les and Leslie Parrott
Eight
simple-but-powerful, instantly usable principles that will help you transform
your marriage into everything you want it to be. | |
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Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
- Dr. Gary Chapman
People express and receive
love in different ways. Dr. Gary Chapman identifies these as the five languages
of love: Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts of Service, Physical
Touch. If you express love in a way your spouse doesn't understand, he or she
won't realize you've expressed your love at all. Perhaps your husband needs to
hear encouraging words, but you feel cooking a nice dinner will cheer him up.
When he still feels down, you're puzzled. Or, maybe your wife craves time with
you -- time away from the kids and television. The flowers you gave her just don't
communicate that you care. Learn to speak and understand the unique languages
of love and effectively express your love as well as feel truly loved in return.
The video set includes two 30-minute sessions, leader information and couple workbooks.
| | | The
Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially
- Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher |
| | Why
Mariages Succeed or Fail...And How To Make Yours Last -
John Gottman, Ph.d.
This fascinating new perspective on marriage--based
on original scientific research--shatters conventional wisdom and presents invaluable
guidelines on how to steer clear of marital "danger zones". |
| | Fighting
for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting
Love - Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, and Susan
Blumberg
In updating this classic book, the authors
have used new research and clinical findings to focus on enhancing marriage and
preventing divorce through better communication, problem solving, and sharing
core belief systems. | |
| Love
and Anger in Marriage - David R. Mace,
A.C.M.E.
Anger is humanity's
survival kit -a life-saving resource. It is an emotion that offers the raw material
for growth and change. David Mace believes that anger can have positive functions.
He calls his theory "management of anger" ° a way of dealing with the love-anger
cycles all intimate relations go through, particularly the relationship of marriage.
Mace shows that anger can help husbands and wives love and support each other
as they grow in their relationship. | |
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Seven
Principles of Making Marriage Work: A
Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Exper by John
Gottman
"Gottman has revoluntionized the study
of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to observe the habits of married
couples in unprecedented detail or many years. Here is the culmination of his
life's work: seven principles that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious,
long-lasting relationship. Packed with practical questionnaires and exercises,
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work is the definitive guide for
anyone who wants their relationship to attain it's highest potential. |
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MARRIAGES
in the EMPTY NEST STAGE |
| | The
Power of Commitment : A Guide to Active, Lifelong Love - Scott M. Stanley,
Gary Smalley
What is commitment and what's so scary about it?
How can we better understand and appreciate the value of commitment and make it
last—for a lifetime? In his new book, Scott Stanley, best-selling marriage expert,
reveals that the secret ingredient for finding lasting love is understanding commitment.
Too often, men and women find themselves in half-committed, Maybe I Do, relationships
that lead to frustration, sadness, and, in many cases, divorce. But it doesn't
have to be this way. Scott Stanley offers a five-step plan—based on his groundbreaking
marital research and uniquely spiritual approach—for understanding commitment,
including learning to handle the pressures of everyday life, moving through the
pain of unfulfilled dreams and hopes, overcoming attraction to others that might
endanger a marriage, transforming your thinking from "me versus you" to "we" and
"us," and capturing the beauty and mystery of lifelong devotion, loyalty, teamwork,
and building a lasting vision for the future. "Nobody is more qualified to write
this book than Dr. Scott Stanley." —Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, Seattle Pacific
University; authors, Love Talk
"This book should be mandatory reading for
dating, engaged, newlywed, and not-so-newlywed couples. Bravo!" —Michele Weiner-Davis,
author, Divorce Busting and The Divorce Remedy |
| | Dear
Heart, Come Home - The Path of Midlife Spirituality -
Joyce Rupp
Midlife is more than a crisis. It is a summons
to grow and a challenge to change. Midlife beckons one inward. It is a move to
interiority, a passage to the deeper places where we discover our authenticity,
where we realize both our limitations and our grandeur. It is here that we come
home to our truest Self. We take our external experiences with us to the inside
and look at our life. We evaluate our goals, hopes, dreams, beliefs, behaviors,
experiences - all that has marked us and contributed to the person we have become
- and we ask ourselves: "Is this the person I want to be in the future?" |
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| Bridges
to Intimacy: Making It Through Midlife With Your Spouse
- Robert W. Herron, Thomas More
Bridges to Intimacy focuses on what
couples can do to turn the middle years of marriage into a time of rewarding development,
for each spouse individually, and for both partners as a couple. The book incorporates
"real life" stories of troubled marriages that readers can relate to, as well
as solutions to specific problems. Chapters include: "Overcoming the Lure of Madison
County," "How to Find Me Without Losing Us," "How You Can Be Sensual and Sexual."
This is a must handbook of proven techniques for anyone involved in family or
marriage growth. |
| | The
Second Half of Marriage: Facing the Eight Challenges of Every Long-Term Marriage
- David and Claudia Arp, Zondervan
Your children are gone or are leaving soon. It's time to focus once again on your
own future and especially on your marriage.„ What's in store for the second half?
David and Claudia Arp provide answers and practical help in this groundbreaking
book. Drawing on their national survey of hundreds of "second-half" couples, the
Arps reveal eight marital challenges every long-term marriage faces, and they
offer strategies and exercises for meeting each of them. The Second Half of Marriage
will challenge you to create a vision of the rest of your life together -- and
inspire you to make that vision a reality. |
| | Fighting
For Your Empty Nest Marriage: Reinventing Your
Relationship When the Kids Leave Home by David Arp, Claudia Arp, Howard J. Markman,
Scott M. Stanley
It's an all too familiar scenario
... once the kids pack their bags and leave home the married couple heads for
the divorce court. Without the children to focus on, issues and conflicts that
have long been avoided come to the surface. The "empty nest syndrome" is a life-turning
event that requires extreme sensitivity, acceptance, communication, and commitment.
This warm and helpful guide is brimming with practical advice for letting go of
the kids and at the same time preserving the sense of commitment, fun, partnership,
sensuality and love within the marriage. |
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