Marriage Practices

Was marrying a man she barely knew really the most practical choice? Abby Taylor’s life was precariously balanced between raising her orphaned niece and nephew, trying to keep the rickety old house from falling down around their ears and keeping her go-nowhere job to pay the bills. She wasn’t looking for romance, let alone marriage. John Lonigan had spent most of his life on the move. He had no plans to settle in one place, to put down roots. And then he met Abby and her little family and found himself playing catch and mending dolls, not to mention fixing windows and building fences. ...

A Path for Couples takes you through ten proven practices that help couples create more love and connection in their relationship. Are you experiencing any of these common patterns in your relationship? Having the same argument over and over Feeling like roommates rather than a couple One or both of you are shut down It feels like you’re living parallel lives Lack of emotional intimacy Infrequent physical intimacy If so, you’re not alone! More than 90% of couple report issues like this and unfortunately more than 50% of marriages end in divorce. But it doesn’t have to be this way ...

Rev. Lucy Bartlett’s life couldn’t be more perfect. She’s turned around her crumbling church. She’s finishing her doctorate and publishing her first book. Best of all, she is engaged to marry her soulmate, Dr. Liz Stolz. Once a world-famous opera singer, Lucy has been coaching the church’s transgender music director, who hopes to relaunch her career as a natural alto. When Denise lands an audition with a major orchestra, she knows that the conductor is only using her to lure Lucy into performing again. To show her support, Lucy agrees to do the concert, but after the triumphant ...

Holy Love offers a groundbreaking method to enhance and heighten every type of relationship—intimate, family, friendship, workplace.

In this short treatise, the great scholar Ahmad Shakir vigorously defends one of the most maligned and misunderstood matters in the religion of Islam: plural marriage.

Develop growth and harmony with The Mindful Relationship. It’s an easy guide that uses self-awareness to manage conflict, strengthen communication, and deepen intimacy between partners. The latest in research-based relationship books, it offers mindfulness tools that create a new path toward feeling more seen and loved. It’s one of the only relationship books based in using meditation and therapy to help you feel more grounded and attentive. Move beyond bias and judgment and keep happiness and understanding at the center of your partnership.

A Better Relationship with your spouse, starts with a Better Relationship with Christ Are you and your spouse "connected" the way you both want to be? Is your marriage all that God designed it to be? Is your marriage in need of being reconnected in areas that matter to you? If you are not satisfied with the answers to those questions, then this book is for you. Through personal reflection and the wisdom of marriages captured in the Bible, Elevate Your Marriage, will help husbands and wives remove what keeps their marriage separated and enables them to join together intimately — ...

This book will help you to rekindle the affection and love that all marriages are built on. There's no better guarantee than expert opinions and in-depth discussions on communication, positivity, trust, and more to rediscover what a marriage can bring. Have you ever felt as if your discussions with your spouse are going nowhere? Ever felt as if there's something lacking between you and your spouse? This book is going to help you overcome those problems and improve your marriage!

The strategies for achieving a successful marriage can be compared to the strategies that businesses and entrepreneurs use to achieve success. Being well-prepared for future challenges, developing effective communication skills, demonstrating unity and understanding, and working to be flexible and open to change are just some of the ways that couples can work together to create a positive and rewarding relationship that will stand the test of time. The marriage contract is all about working together toward success!

What made me write a book on this subject? South Indian Hindu marriage is a mix of cultural traditions and belief system. There are strong emotions attached to the past karma, good and bad times, and auspicious times (Muhurta, in Sanskrit). For example, there is an auspicious time set for consummating the marriage. Sometimes, couples have to wait few days after the marriage for that event. It’s interesting to watch these traditions, at a time when marriage and divorce can be obtained within a day at Vegas!

In addition to providing very realistic and down-to-earth answers to the challenges most married couples face, The Marriage Riddle: Presents several insights and practices, such as the four steps to communicate without arguing, how to stop controlling, how to see with the heart, and the art of letting, listening, and understanding to name a few, describes how to navigate the social and emotional dynamics of marital conflict without allowing our emotions to take the driver's seat, and much more.

For couples who are not content merely to “survive” their core relationship in life, this self-help resource for marriage enhancement will teach you the six practices for thriving relationships. It shows the vital things all married people must do to develop and maintain a vibrant, lasting relationship with their companions, soulmates, and life partners.

There are many scriptures and texts from many spiritual platforms devoted to the subject matter of living a spiritual life on earth. With personal and formal study, practice and experience, I have learned some very basic principles that aid individuals and couples in understanding and communicating with one another, no matter what the basis of their relationship is. It is my intention to simply share one of these principles that I call the Divine Principle.

Relationships are a cornerstone of happiness and key to living a full life. But relationships are not given, they are made. In this breakout book, New York Times bestselling author Rick Hanson offers the fundamental tools and skills to foster happy, lasting and fulfilling relationships in all areas of life. Making Great Relationships offers 50 simple practices that we can all easily add in to our everyday life.

Welcome to Practice Makes Harmony - a practical approach to marital problems. Maybe, with enough practice, what seems difficult to us now will eventually become second nature.

Are you feeling stuck because your divorce would upset and disappoint your very traditional Indian parents? You probably deeply want your parents’ blessing and support so you can leave this marriage. The good news is that you don’t have to figure this out on your own! Author, motivational speaker, and certified divorce coach Cindy Gunraj went through this same experience and successfully deepened her parental relationship.

Within this audiobook, you'll find out how to save your marriage and rekindle the love that you have for your spouse. The purpose of this book is to find solutions to marital problems and equip both husbands and wives with the right attitude and strategies that will eventually create change in the relationship.

“He has the exact same spirit as we have.” – St. Maximilian Kolbe about Fr. Emil Neubert Pre-eminent Marian expert uncovers the “Marian Mystery” that helps Catholic families enjoy a “quiet and peaceable life” (1 Tim. 2:2), without changing their daily routines I don’t know you, but let me guess… If your family is like many other Catholic families, there’s a very good chance you may be experiencing what St. Paul says the Lord does to everyone He loves… “For whom the Lord loves, He chastises; and He scourges every son whom He receives” (Heb. 12:6). The crosses that ...

Wir wünschen uns Liebe und Frieden in unserer Partnerschaft. Leicht soll sie sein, unkompliziert und harmonisch. Darum streiten wir meistens entweder gar nicht oder auf unförderliche Weise. Das entfremdet uns und die Beziehungskrise ist vorprogrammiert. Doch liebe- und sinnvolle Konfrontation können wir lernen, schonungslos ehrliches und offenes Miteinander-Reden kann sogar Freude machen und unsere Beziehung verbessern - wenn wir uns dabei in einem bestimmten Rahmen bewegen.

This book explores God-given desire. Would the Designer of the celestial dance leave physical intimacies to random chance? One of the sexiest love poems ever, The Song of Solomon, warns daughters “Don’t excite love, don’t stir it up, until the time is ripe - and you’re ready.” So is there a time and place for sexual love to awaken? Were you intended for specific significance and purpose? Come explore the meaning of Fruit in its Season.