Love & respect workbook
Publication Information
Nashville, TN : Integrity Publishers ; Colorado Springs, Colo. : Focus on the Family, c2005.
Physical Description
232 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"For couples, individuals or groups"--Cover.
Contents
- Part One. The crazy cycle. Introduction
- The simple secret to a better marriage
- To communicate, decipher the code
- Why she won't respect; why he won't love
- What men fear more can keep the crazy cycle spinning
- She fears being a doormat; he's tired of "just not getting it"
- She worries about being a hypocrite; he complains, "I get no respect!"
- She thinks she can't forgive him; he says, "Nobody can love that woman!" ; Part Two. The energizing cycle
- C-O-U-P-L-E: how to spell love to your wife
- Closeness: she wants you to be close
- Openness: she wants you to open up to her
- Understanding: Don't try to "fix" her, just listen
- Peacemaking: She wants you to say "I'm sorry"
- Loyalty: she needs to know you're committed
- Esteem: she wants you to honor and cherish her
- C-H-A-I-R-S: how to spell respect to your husband
- Conquest: appreciate his desire to work and achieve
- Hierarchy: appreciate his desire to protect and provide
- Authority: appreciate his desire to serve and to lead
- Insight: appreciate his desire to analyze and counsel
- Relationship: appreciate his desire for shoulder-to-shoulder friendship
- Sexuality: appreciate his desire for sexual intimacy
- The energizing cycle will work if you do ; Part Three. The rewarded cycle. The real reason to love and respect
- The truth can make you free, indeed
- Conclusion: pink and blue can make God's purple.