Books for Building Better Marriages
Sacred Marriage
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
The Five Love Languages
I loved the idea posed by Gary Thomas that, maybe, we were looking at marriage all wrong. Maybe our marriages are not meant to bring us Joy, but instead were meant to bring God glory. In "Sacred Marriage," Mr. Thomas offers insight into how God can use your relationship with your spouse as a discipline and a motivation to love God more and reflect more of the character of his Son.
The Five Love Languages
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
The Five Love Languages
As mentioned above with the videos. Dr. Chapman is one of the leading experts in marriage preservation today. His book the Five Love Languages is one of the first places that I recommend couples turn when their marriages are struggling. This book has been a foundation for my own marriage and the Love Languages is something we discuss on a regular basis in our home.
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
Dr. John Gottman is actually the creator of one of the leading specialties used for relationship counseling, The Gottman method. Dr. Gottman explains that the purpose of this book is to, "teach partners new approaches for resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater levels of intimacy."
Boundaries In Marriage
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
Seven Principals for Making Marriage Work
"Boundaries" by Doctors Cloud and Townsend was a book recommended to me by a pastor I served under to help improve my leadership. This book has become a great resource for individuals in defining relationships of all kinds. When the pair released "Boundaries In Marriage," it has become a staple for marriage counseling advice across the country!
Other Resources Worth Your Time
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk is the leading book in the country for the understanding and treatment of trauma. This book dives into many of the different ways that trauma impacts us physically and how it permeates the lives of those affected by it. Whether you've experienced trauma yourself (research shows that most of
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk is the leading book in the country for the understanding and treatment of trauma. This book dives into many of the different ways that trauma impacts us physically and how it permeates the lives of those affected by it. Whether you've experienced trauma yourself (research shows that most of us have!) or you want to better understand how trauma effects your loved one, this is the book for you!
#Struggles by Craig Groeschel is a book designed to help parents and adults navigate the difficult waters of technology and the impact of the children we care for. Groeschel is a very decorated author and Pastor of Life.Church. The tagline of this book is ultimately what drew me to it, "Following Jesus in a selfie-centered world"
Dr. Tim Kimmel and Max Lucado team up to bring us Grace Based Parenting. The challenge posed by this book is the confronting of our natural instincts to raise our children with strong rules and boundaries to bring about healthy adults, and replace this notion with the understanding that our children's futures are in the hands of God alone
Dr. Tim Kimmel and Max Lucado team up to bring us Grace Based Parenting. The challenge posed by this book is the confronting of our natural instincts to raise our children with strong rules and boundaries to bring about healthy adults, and replace this notion with the understanding that our children's futures are in the hands of God alone and that our obligation as parents is primarily to foster their relationship with Him more so than preparing them for a world that has rejected Him.
Maybe the most influential book in my understanding of mental health, This is Your Brain On Food explores a very complex idea called the Polyvagal Theory, specially focused on the impact of how food can help and harm our mental health. A book I recommend that not only my clients read, but my friends and family too, this book gives very cl
Maybe the most influential book in my understanding of mental health, This is Your Brain On Food explores a very complex idea called the Polyvagal Theory, specially focused on the impact of how food can help and harm our mental health. A book I recommend that not only my clients read, but my friends and family too, this book gives very clear examples of foods that seem to impact certain diagnoses and what foods and spices have been used to help reduce symptoms of certain diagnoses.