The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate

Gary Chapman

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Unhappiness in marriage often has a simple root cause: we speak different love languages, believes Dr. Gary Chapman.

While working as a marriage counselor for more than 30 years, he identified five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch.

In a friendly, often humorous style, he unpacks each one. Some husbands or wives may crave focused attention; another needs regular praise.

Gifts are highly important to one spouse, while another sees fixing a leaky faucet, ironing a shirt, or cooking a meal as filling their "love tank." Some partners might find physical touch makes them feel valued: holding hands, giving back rubs, and sexual contact.

Chapman illustrates each love language with real-life examples from his counseling practice.

How do you discover your spouse’s – and your own – love language?

Chapman’s short questionnaires are one of several ways to find out. Throughout the book, he also includes application questions that can be answered more extensively in the beautifully detailed companion leather journal (an exclusive Amazon.com set).

Each section of the journal corresponds with a chapter from the book, offering opportunities for deeper reflection on your marriage.

Although some readers may find choosing to love a spouse that they no longer even like –hoping the feelings of affection will follow later– a difficult concept to swallow, Chapman promises that the results will be worth the effort. "Love is a choice," says Chapman. "And either partner can start the process today." --Cindy Crosby. This text refers to the Amazon.com Exclusive Journal & Paperback Book Set.

About the Author

Dr. Gary Chapman is a well-known marriage counselor and director of marriage seminars. He is also a pastor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he has served for over 25 years.

He is the best-selling author of The Five Love Languages, which has topped the bestseller charts for years, and has sold over 825,000 copies.

He also wrote Loving Solutions, which is a 1999 Gold Medallion Book Award recipient. His other releases include The Other Side of Love, Five Signs of a Loving Family, Toward a Growing Marriage, and Hope for the Separated.

He has co-authored The Five Love Languages of Children and Parenting Your Adult Child with Dr. Ross Campbell.

Dr. Chapman and his wife, Karolyn, have been married for more than 35 years and have two grown children, Shelley and Derek.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Gary Chapman


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	Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love is a many splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal... read full editorial

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The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Gary Chapman


	Thoughtful lessons on expressing love, receiving love.
	(St. Louis, MO USA) July 10, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	We see too many relationships fall apart when a failure to communicate leads to great misunderstanding, then to unyielding terminal unhappiness. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES is a thoughtful book, that can help you examine your... read full review

	A must for any couple!
	(Ames, IA) October 4, 2004 - 5.0/5 stars
	This book was required reading of my fiance and I in pre-marital counceling. The book is AMAZING. It explains so much! It has become such a part of our relationship! I recommend it to anyone and everyone...they also have... read full review

	Couples buy this.
	(USA) September 19, 2004 - 4.0/5 stars
	This is an excellent book for those that are considering marriage and for those that are married. The author says we each have a way in which we express love and a way in which we recognize love as being expressed to us... read full review

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