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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. | | Page Count: | 240 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 10, 2007 | | Sales Rank: | 12,351th |
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Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the perennial best seller The Five Love Languages, provides an easy-to-grasp framework to help couples understand their marriage and seven practical strategies for strengthening or improving their marriage relationship. A valuable resource for couples regardless of how long they've been married, this biblically based book is a reference tool to help couples through every season of marriage. Summary of features: Valuable insight for every couple, regardless of how long they have been married. Provides seven practical strategies to help couples understand and strengthen their marriage relationship. Includes a Marital Seasons Profile to help couples determine the season of their marriage. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 14 reviews)
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Seasonal Outlooks by A. Reum (Montana, USA)  5 Stars
October 27, 2009
Dr. Chapman's, The Four Seasons of Marriage, neatly encapsulates The Five Love Languages but adds to that a smattering of very realistic personal scenarios of his former patients. Everyone that has experienced the changing of marital seasons will see someone in the book they can relate too and the good Doctors guidance and hope is that it will ultimately be your own spouse.
On the list of reasons why you'll appreciate this book is its ability to help your understand your own season of marriage. The descriptions of the four seasons are so descriptive that you are likely to name yours while reading the four outlines of the season. If this isn't the case you will not be left scratching your head as you will find a simple survey that will, in my estimation, correctly point you to your season. In fact there are two identical survey's for you and your spouse. As if that weren't' valuable enough, the last two thirds of the book are filled with simple formula's for addressing the cold marriages in Fall or Winter.
This is a good book for any husband or wife but I thoroughly recommend it if your marriage seems to be in trouble. There is wisdom in this guide.
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Four Seasons of Marriage by ReRe 5 Stars
January 12, 2009
This is an excellent book for married couples to read. The 7 strategies shared to keep your marriage in or bring your marriage back to a healthy, positive one are great! I highly recomend this book.
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EXCELLENT reading for any married or wanna-be married people by I.M. Hughes 5 Stars
August 12, 2008
I highly recommend this book. It is such an easy read, and chock full of insights that every married couple or wanna-be married couple should read.
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Seasons of Love by Rebecca Johnson (Washington State) 5 Stars
March 20, 2008
"My experience both in my own marriage and in counseling couples for more than thirty years, suggests that marriages are perpetually in a state of transition, continually moving from one season to another..." ~ Gary Chapman
While "The Four Seasons of Marriage" can be read in a matter of hours, the lessons learned are quite valuable. You can instantly put the ideas into practice because they are practical and wise. Instead of taking a complex problem and making it overwhelmingly difficult to solve, Gary makes everything more simple.
Once you have determined your season (winter, spring, summer, fall) then you can decide to try to stay in a season (summer is comfortable) or move out of a season (like winter which is harsh) more quickly and into a situation you prefer. All that is needed is a little motivation and a sense of determination.
You can experience spring after twenty years of marriage or winter in the first year. Since each relationship is totally unique some seasons may feel more familiar than others. However, Gary believes that you go through the seasons on a continual basis. I have personally found this to be very true.
After reading numerous books on marriage and relationships I think this is one of the best books on the subject. It really makes sense and is written by an author who has been married for over forty-two years. This book also contains a summary of the five love languages.
I can also recommend: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
~The Rebecca Review
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Chapman Has it Together by Anthony Centore Ph.D. (www.ThriveBoston.com (Cambridge, MA)) 5 Stars
February 11, 2008
Chapman is known for his perennial best seller, The Five Love Languages. He now looks at what he calls the four seasons of marriage. We don't progress through these seasons in a steady progression, like the literal four seasons we experience over the course of a year. Instead, he takes characteristics of each season and applies them to where we might be, or where we've been in our journey together as a couple.
Summer is obviously the time of warmth and closeness; winter is the time of trouble, discouraged and even dissatisfied. But the main point Chapman makes is that each season presents us with opportunities for emotional growth and for strengthening our marital relationship.
Chapman provides a "Marital Seasons Profile" with a copy for each spouse to take and interpret. The profile helps tell which season each partner sees their marriage in at this time.
Then building on this, he describes seven strategies a couple can work on to strengthen their marriage, regardless of which season they might be in. He looks at dealing with past failures, working on our attitude, speaking our partners love language, becoming a better listener, helping your spouse succeed, dealing with our differences, and working on developing a positive outlook together.
He has an interesting section at the back of the book where he asks a number of questions that he thinks would be in the mind of the reader, and then answers then for us. He also provides a section that looks at how a couple can use the book, even when only one partner is interested.
Final Note: Telephone and Online Counseling may be a great way to help struggling couples. Learn to Provide Telephone and Online Counseling with this book: The Therapist's Clinical Guide to Online Counseling and Telephone Counseling: The Definitive Training Guide for Clinical Practice
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