Greg Smalley

Expón las mentiras. Entiende las verdades. ¡Y haz que tu matrimonio sea mejor que nunca! Las mentiras sobre el matrimonio sobreabundan en nuestra cultura... y en nuestras iglesias. Pero las verdades correspondientes pueden fortalecer tu matrimonio e incluso evitar que se desmorone. 9 mentiras que destruirán tu matrimonio identifica las mentiras, explica cómo pueden desintegrar tu matrimonio y revela verdades que pueden rescatarlo y ayudarlo a convertirse en el matrimonio de tus sueños. Greg Smalley, un experto en el matrimonio, y Robert Paul, el director terapéutica de Hope Restored (un programa renombrado de ayuda para matrimonios en crisis, creado para Enfoque a la Familia), se unen para ofrecer una combinación inusual y poderosa de perspectivas que pueden restaurar la esperanza y la sanidad en cualquier matrimonio, incluyendo el tuyo.¿Cuáles son las 9 mentiras sobre el matrimonio? Mentira del amor 1: Y vivieron felices para siempreMentira del amor 2: 1 + 1 = 1Mentira del amor 3: Todo lo que necesitas es amorMentira del amor 4: Debo sacrificar quien soy por el bien de mi matrimonioMentira del amor 5: Deben satisfacer las necesidades el uno del otroMentira del amor 6: Nuestras diferencias son irreconciliablesMentira del amor 7: Haré que me amesMentira del amor 8: «¡Tu amor me está volviendo loco!» Mentira del amor 9: A veces ganas y a veces pierdes¿Te identificas con alguna de estas mentiras? Lee 9 mentiras que destruirán tu matrimonio y comienza a exponer las mentiras y a vivir la verdad. Incluye varias evaluaciones para ayudarte a ti y a tu cónyuge a determinar hasta qué punto su matrimonio se ha visto afectado por cada una de las nueve mentiras. Expose the lies. Understand the truths. And make your marriage better than ever! Lies about marriage are rampant in our culture and the church. They’re killing marriages. But the corresponding truths can strengthen marriages and even save the most troubled relationships. In this book, marriage experts Greg Smalley and Robert Paul identify the lies, explain how they work to destroy marriages, and reveal the truths that not only can improve marriages but rescue those that are floundering. Hope Restored, the renowned crisis marriage program created for Focus on the Family, is the basis for the discovery and understanding of these specific lies and their impact. Dr. Greg Smalley, a general marriage expert, and Robert Paul, the therapeutic director of a program that resuscitates nearly dead marriages, bring an unusual but powerful combination of perspectives that restore hope and healing in any marriage. What Are the 9 Lies about Marriage? Love Lie 1: And They Lived Happily Ever AfterLove Lie 2: 1 + 1 = 1Love Lie 3: All You Need Is LoveLove Lie 4: I Must Sacrifice Who I Am for the Sake of My MarriageLove Lie 5: You Must Meet Each Other’s NeedsLove Lie 6: Our Differences Are IrreconcilableLove Lie 7: I’m Gonna Make You Love MeLove Lie 8: “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy!” Love Lie 9: You Win Some, You Lose Some9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage includes several self-tests to help you assess the extent to which your own marriage has been affected by each of the nine lies.

Lies about marriage are rampant in our culture and the church. They're killing marriages. But the corresponding truths can strengthen marriages and even save the most troubled relationships. In this book, marriage experts Greg Smalley and Robert Paul identify the lies, explain how they work to destroy marriages, and reveal the truths that not only can improve marriages but rescue those that are floundering. Hope Restored, the renowned crisis marriage program created for Focus on the Family, is the basis for the discovery and understanding of these specific lies and their impact. Dr. Greg Smalley, a general marriage expert, and Robert Paul, the therapeutic director of a program that resuscitates nearly dead marriages, bring an unusual but powerful combination of perspectives that restore hope and healing in any marriage.9 Lies That Will Destroy Your Marriage includes several self-tests to help you assess the extent to which your own marriage has been affected by each of the nine lies.

Confessions of a Happily Married Man is a husband's painfully honest account of his first ten years of marriage. It offers a window into the perspective of a man who went from "hello" to "I do" in nine months and then figured out how hard marriage could be. When Joshua Rogers thought back on the marriage books he had read of sermons about marriage he had heard, it occurred to him that he could only remember one thing about them: the stories. That's why this book is anchored by stories that other couples will relate to and can easily learn from. The stories are cringe-worthy, humorous, inspiring, heart-breaking and full of wisdom - but the author isn't telling the reader what to do with that wisdom. He's letting the reader learn along with him as he's gradually becoming more aware of his shortcomings and more grateful for his wife. Confessions of a Happily Married Man is full of hope, humour and grace, showing couples that they are not alone in the frequent fight to keep their marriages together. After reading, wives will sigh and husbands will smile at the author and his wife and conclude, "Someone else has been through the same challenges we have. If they can make it, we can too!"

Dr. Greg Smalley—founder of the National Institute of Marriage—along with his wife, Erin, share the secrets of building a marriage that lasts: creating an environment where each partner feels safe and hearts are open. As wonderful as a wedding is, it lasts only for a moment—yet marriage is meant to last a lifetime. This essential book will show you how to plan your marriage before you plan your wedding. Authors Greg and Erin Smalley open their hearts and share their lives in Before You Plan Your Wedding... Plan Your Marriage so that you can know not only how to build a marriage that will last, but also how to have the kind of marriage where you and your spouse feel safe, honored, and valued. When you feel safe, your heart will be open—and open hearts make for joyful, powerful relationships. Learn about the “fear dance” and how to stop it. Discover the two biggest issues that threaten every marriage and how to stop them before they start. Learn what’s more important than finding your soul mate and the significance of happiness in your union. And realize the significance of happiness in your union. With advice gleaned from counseling thousands of couples both before and after marriage, Greg and Erin Smalley show you the secrets to building and maintaining an enduring and fulfilling love.

Rings. Dress. Cake. You're engaged, and the checklist for the day of your dreams is a mile long. In the who, what, where, and how of planning, the why can be forgotten. Ready to Wed discusses 12 Traits of a thriving marriage and offers a variety of topics to guide and advise those preparing to say, "I do "Learn to: Define a vision statement unique to your marriage. Positively engage conflict to build a foundation of trust and forgiveness." Leave and cleave," even if you are a child of divorce. Manage expectations--and your in-laws Navigate hot-button issues including, sex and the chore wars. Cope with change, stress, and crisis--especially in your first year. Build a community of support and find mentors. Assess your progress using the Couple Checkup. Loaded with advice, tips, and instructions, this valuable resource is ideal for soon-to-be-newlyweds and those who support them

Many books focus on prenatal development and the health of a mom-to-be. While Expectant Parents does touch on important issues of pregnancy, its core purpose is help expectant parents understand key issues related to the arrival of a new child in the home, offering practical assistance as they prepare themselves for long-term family success. It's often said that babies don't come with an instruction manual. This book actually provides parents with information and practical steps for writing their own--as they work to create the kind of home and family they choose to build. This includes strengthening their own marriage relationship, setting plans and expectations for parenthood, increasing communication, and preparing for the new stage of their family life that is just ahead. Ideal for first-time parents, this book would also be helpful for couples wanting to explore and prepare for the emotional, physical, and spiritual life changes that come with the arrival of any new child into the family.

The Little Book of Great Dates will help build romance and fun into any marriage with its creative ideas for a year's worth of weekly affordable dates. This book--a simpler, gift version of Focus on the Family's The Date Night Challenge campaign--will help couples to proactively and intentionally build their relationship, showing how everyday activities can become "dates" that strengthen the marriage relationship. It includes plans for special-occasion dates, such as the couple's anniversaries (first date, engagement, wedding), birthdays, etc. Couples can get to know each other better by sharing fun times and discover dating again in their marriage with this great little book of ideas

Based on years of counseling, research, and success stories, Dr. Greg Smalley teaches us how to use marital conflict as a way to deepen and strengthen our relationships. In this counterintuitive book, author Dr. Greg Smalley maintains that fighting is actually good for a marriage. When couples fight, they have the opportunity to get to the real issue that is lurking below the surface of fights about money, sex, in-laws, kids, etc. And that real issue, Dr. Smalley says, is fear--fear of rejection, inadequacy, or powerlessness, to name a few. What assuages these fears are things like intimacy, respect, validation, love, and connection. Learning to take advantage of the opportunity that conflict provides is what this book is all about. The good news of Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage is that conflict--when handled correctly--is the doorway to intimacy and understanding. As Dr. Smalley leads readers through the many faces of conflict, he is open and candid about his own marriage and the unproductive fights he and his wife have had. He uses his fears and emotional triggers as examples to help readers discover their own. Couples will learn how to fight their way to a better marriage, using the skills, concepts, and exercises shared in this remarkable book.

The Wholehearted Marriage offers practical tools for helping couples keep a passionate connection with one another and understand the role their hearts play in their lives. Drs. Smalley and Stoever maintain that circumstances, such as busy lifestyles, differences between spouses, personal baggage, the loss of a loved one, childhood trauma, etc., trigger reactions that condition us to close up our hearts for protection, blocking the flow of love. A disengaged, protected heart makes it impossible to experience an intimate, connected marriage. As a result, couples drift apart, trying to find some version of contentment, or they give up altogether and look for love somewhere else. Through their experiences in marriage counseling, Drs. Smalley and Stoever discovered that the commonly heard phrase "I don't love him/her anymore" is merely a camouflaged misunderstanding about what true love is and God's design for it. They affirm that love is more than just a feeling, and that to have true, lasting intimacy, couples need to learn to love wholeheartedly.

Couples who are struggling in their marriage are shown the steps to take to strengthen and rebuild their marriage relationship. Practical solutions are built on the basic steps explained in this resource for identifying destructive relationship habits and rebuilding relationships.

"Todo lo que en realidad importa en la vida se reduce a las relaciones." Por eso es que es tan importante aprender pasos seguros y saludables para las relaciones entre un padre y un adolesccente, dos almas gemelas o entre esposos. Features: Dios lo cre a usted para las elaciones Descubra 17 temores profundos que afectar n las relaciones, e identifique y maneje apropiadamente los suyos Aprenda 5 pasos claves para la salud de las relaciones--el ADN del amor de Dios Detenga los patrones equivocados que pueden da ar profundamente sus relaciones usando las estrate gias factibles y pr cticas de Gary Las relaciones involucran elecci n "Everything in life that truly matters can be boiled down to relationships." That's why it's so important to learn safe, healthy relating patterns whether it's between a parent and teenager, two kindred friends, or a husband and wife. Features God made you for relationships Discover 17 core fears that aggravate relationships and identify and appropriately handle yours Learn five key pathways to relationship health--God's DNA of love Stop unhealthy patterns that can severely damage your relationships using Gary's practical, doable strategies Relationships involve choice

Winning your wife back from emotional or physical separation is more than doing the same things with more intensity. It involves developing a whole new strategy to overcome what seem to be overwhelming odds to attain a come-from-behind victory. In Winning Your Wife Back Before It's Too late, Gary Smalley utilizes the following game plan to significantly increase your chances for a "miracle comeback":Understand "penalty flags"Open a closed spiritHonor your wife and childrenDevelop sacrificial loveInitiate change in yourselfBe accountable by joining a support groupThrough true stories of previously separated couples, you'll see how the principles illustrated in this plan have been fleshed out in the lives of real people and can lead to a successful reconciliation. Although there is no guarantee that you will win your wife back, you can still experience personal triumph and gain significant yardage in becoming the godly man you were intended to be.

Your marriage may be beginning to crumble. Or it may already be in shambles. Its present condition does not determine its future, though. You do. Imagine building a home on a foundation of sand or mud. Renovating or redecorating your home would be senseless because at any moment the whole house could collapse due to a faulty foundation. Before changing flooring, wall colors, window treatments, and furniture, you would need to seek out an architect to first firm up the foundation. Likewise, winning your husband back necessitates more than simply rearranging the old stuff in your relationship. You may decide to fight differently than you did in the past, but if the old unresolved anger is allowed to remain, then nothing will genuinely change in our marriage. Winning Your Husband Back Before It's Too Late targets the foundational weaknesses in your marriage. By developing an overall plan to win back your husband, you will learn how to:Discover what causes distance in marriageUnderstand the man you marriedBecome wholeExamine personality differencesBuild commitmentCommunicate more successfullyWinning Your Husband Back Before It's Too Late can help you rebuild a strong marriage in which you and your husband see each other through Christ's eyes and become one in Him.