Marital Happiness Is a Choice
Marital Happiness Is a Choice

Author: J.A. Alexandre

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1490887873

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I urge everyone who wants to understand just how wonderful marriage can be to read and reread this book. But I also urge psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, pastors, missionaries, and lay counselors to study it as well. I urge them because it not only covers a host of important aspects of marriage and includes practical tips but it also has deep spiritual and emotional concepts and even unconscious personality dynamics and how we all, to one extent or another, deceive ourselves in many ways that are detrimental to our marriages (Paul Meier, MD, founder of the national chain of Meier Clinics). Youll never be happy in your marriage if you dont deal with issues head on, such as communication, conflict resolution, and intimacy. J. A. Alexandre, a pastor and relationship expert, helps you build and maintain a loving relationship with your spouse in this guidebook to marital bliss. Youll learn how to rekindle the flame of love that brought you together, avoid choices and situations that could endanger your marriage, get the maximum amount of enjoyment in being with your partner, and recognize the needs that arent being met (including your own). By revealing results from surveys hes conducted during marital retreats, the author shares specific behaviors that can cause trouble in a marriage. More importantly, he provides ideas and guidance on how to overcome problems. Regardless if you are contemplating marriage, already married, or seeking to help couples, youll understand that marital happiness is a choice by seeking to understand the Word of God while confronting the challenges of everyday life.

Evaluation of Marital Happiness is a Choice, Following the Path of an Enjoyable Journey with Your Spouse
Evaluation of Marital Happiness is a Choice, Following the Path of an Enjoyable Journey with Your Spouse

Author: Jean Abede Alexandre

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13:

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This study evaluated the book, Marital Happiness Is a Choice, in terms of relevance, integration of principles, practicality and interest to readers. The research question was: Is the book, Marital Happiness Is a Choice, effective in terms of relevance, integration of principles, practicality and interest to readers? Twenty-four out of thirty-two subjects chose to participate in the study. The participants were chosen from a diversified population. They were chosen from four different states: Massachusetts, Georgia, Texas, and California. They had different backgrounds in education, ministry, profession, number of years in marriage, and frequency of involvement in ministry with other couples. Each participant read one of the fourteen chapters of Marital Happiness is a Choice and filled out a questionnaire that was designed to test the following hypotheses: (1) The topics of the chapters is relevant to the subject of marriage; (2) The book integrates both biblical and psychological principles in addressing the issues related to marriage; (3) The book offers practical recommendations to the reader on the issues of marriage; and (4) The reader finds the book so interesting that he or she will recommend it to others. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze and summarize the data. With an overall Mean of 6.4 on a scale of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 7 (Strongly Agree), the answer to the research question was that the book, Marital Happiness Is a Choice, was found to be effective in all four categories of the study. The most common response to the questions was 7 (Strongly Agree). There was overwhelming agreement on the effectiveness of the book in terms of relevance, integration of principles, practicality and interest to readers. Nonetheless, despite the positive response of the participants, the book had several weaknesses that need to be addressed. They included lack of biblical support for some of the arguments given, lack of supportive research data for some claims and the need to add a couple chapters on contemporary issues such as domestic abuse and legal disputes among spouses. Otherwise, the overall rating of the book was positive.

Living Apart Together
Living Apart Together

Author: Anne L. Watson

Publisher: Shepard Publications

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 1620352095

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"Wise, timely, and truthful . . . There are as many ways of living together as there are people, and it's great that there's at last a book reflecting that with such humour and insight." -- Deborah Moggach, author, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" SPECIAL NOTE! -- ANNE WILL PERSONALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF YOURS AFTER READING THIS BOOK. ASK ON HER WEB SITE, AND YOU'LL NORMALLY HEAR BACK WITHIN HOURS! You hear many reasons why marriages and long-term relationships break up, but there's one that's seldom acknowledged: Many committed couples would get along better if only they weren't roommates. But what can they do? They have to share a home, don't they? What if they chose to defy expectations -- their own and everyone else's? What if they decided to live in separate apartments or houses, nearby or even side-by-side? Wouldn't they avoid many tensions that typically drag couples down? Wouldn't they gain richer and happier times together? Anne L. Watson and her partner have lived this kind of life successfully for nearly two decades. In this groundbreaking book, she draws on personal experience to reveal the benefits of such an arrangement and tell how you might make it work for yourself. In the end, Anne helps you understand that not all couples need a common residence to live happily ever after. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Anne L. Watson is the author of a variety of works, including literary novels, soapmaking manuals, and a cookie cookbook. She is also retired from a long and honored career as a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne "lives apart together" with her husband, fellow author, and publisher, Aaron Shepard, in Bellingham, Washington. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// CONTENTS The Vow How We Got Here Living Room -- Decorating and Entertaining Kitchen and Dining Room -- Cooking and Eating Bedroom -- Sleeping and Sex Bathroom Housekeeping Money Kids and Elders Pets Expectations Compromise and Cooperation Dominance and Deference Time Alone Time Together The Choice Frequently Asked Questions

Living Apart Together
Living Apart Together

Author: Anne L. Watson

Publisher: Skyhook Press

Published: 2016-03-22

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780938497615

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"Wise, timely, and truthful . . . There are as many ways of living together as there are people, and it's great that there's at last a book reflecting that with such humour and insight." -- Deborah Moggach, author, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" and "Tulip Fever" You hear many reasons why marriages and long-term relationships break up, but there's one that's seldom acknowledged: Many committed couples would get along better if only they weren't roommates. But what can they do? They have to share a home, don't they? What if they chose to defy expectations -- their own and everyone else's? What if they decided to live in separate apartments or houses, nearby or even side-by-side? Wouldn't they avoid many tensions that typically drag couples down? Wouldn't they gain richer and happier times together? Anne L. Watson and her partner have lived this kind of life successfully for nearly two decades. In this groundbreaking book, she draws on personal experience to reveal the benefits of such an arrangement and tell how you might make it work for yourself. In the end, Anne helps you understand that not all couples need a common residence to live happily ever after. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// Anne L. Watson is the author of a variety of works, including literary novels, soapmaking manuals, and a cookie cookbook. She is also retired from a long and honored career as a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne "lives apart together" with her husband, fellow author, and publisher, Aaron Shepard, in Friday Harbor, Washington. ///////////////////////////////////////////////// CONTENTS The Vow How We Got Here Living Room -- Decorating and Entertaining Kitchen and Dining Room -- Cooking and Eating Bedroom -- Sleeping and Sex Bathroom Housekeeping Money Kids and Elders Pets Expectations Compromise and Cooperation Dominance and Deference Time Alone Time Together The Choice Frequently Asked Questions ///////////////////////////////////////////////// BISAC SUBJECTS FAM029000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance SOC026010 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family FAM030000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long Term Relationships FAM015000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Divorce & Separation FAM051000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating FAM013000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Conflict Resolution FAM006000 FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family

The Neuropsychology of Marriage
The Neuropsychology of Marriage

Author: Brian Robbins

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-01-30

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781542544733

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Could you do with a happier marriage? Would you like to remake your relationship and experience love, respect and joy in your marriage? Here is a guide first designed to help to save marriages, now including marital happiness strategic coaching, to help you to reach your marital goals in spite of given circumstances. Starting with an overview of how the program began, and how to use it, comes 31 days of simple do-it-yourself steps of rewiring your relationship for marital happiness. This program, designed for women only, is useful to you if you want to create an extraordinary marriage. If falling in love with your spouse was easy at the beginning, but staying in love has been an emotional roller coaster, then this book is for you. Stop your divorce, save your marriage, improve your relationship, and create your ideal marriage. Learn how to keep your relationship warm and growing in all seasons.

Maybe 'I Do'
Maybe 'I Do'

Author: Kevin Andrews

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 9781922168016

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This book reviews the evidence on the benefits of marriage for society, children, and adults. It argues that healthy, stable, and happy marriages are the optimal institution for promoting individual wellbeing and healthy societies. It reviews the purpose of marriage, changing social values, divorce and one parent families, cohabitation, and the pursuit of personal happiness. Chapters include: The pursuit of marital happiness; Happy, healthy and secure adults; Happy, healthy and well-adjusted children; Happy, healthy and prosperous societies; Changing cultural values; The changing regulation of marriage and divorce; The decline in marital permanence; Soul mates and cohabitation; The growing marriage divide; Policy responses; From culture wars to common good; and Modern marriage and the pursuit of happiness.