How to make your relationship truly exceptional? How can a union be enriching and desirable? This is certainly not an unattainable Hollywood ideal!
Whether your life together is balanced or hanging by a thread, the keys to strengthening it are identical: communication and intimacy that are adapted and satisfying for both the woman and the man.
Gary Chapman shows that these two ingredients, well balanced, are essential for a couple to be happy. Surprising and original, it returns to the concept of alliance developed by the biblical authors to present all its relevance in terms of commitment between spouses. Very practical, he then explains the beneficial consequences in all areas of life as a couple: sexual intimacy, but also intellectual, spiritual, emotional and social.
Rich in examples and anecdotes, this book will help you identify and then break negative habits as well as establish simple and quickly effective modes of communication within the couple.
A lucid work which brings a new perspective on life as a couple and which will fascinate couples of all ages.
Gary Chapman is a pioneer in marriage counseling. Gifted and highly appreciated, he leads numerous seminars for couples all over the world. The series of his books on love languages (intended for couples and parents of children and adolescents) has met with great success among the French-speaking public.
Contents :
- Introduction
- The marriage contract
- The marriage alliance
- Marriage alliance: dream or reality?
- The importance of privacy
- Communication: the path to intimacy
- Breaking Negative Communication Patterns
- The five levels of communication
- Learn to know yourself:
our experiences and their meaning - Learn to know yourself:
emotions and feelings, desires and choices - The art of “self-revelation”
- Preparing to grow: priorities and goals
- Take time for the essentials
- Identify our differences
- Transform our differences into strengths
- Why am I defensive?
- Overcoming defensive reactions
- Privacy: naked and without embarrassment
- Clothes
- Emotional intimacy
- Intellectual intimacy
- Sexual intimacy
- Spiritual intimacy
- Why didn't anyone tell me anything?
ISBN: 9782863143155