The Language of Love and Respect: Cracking the Communication Code with Your Mate

The Language of Love and Respect: Cracking the Communication Code with Your Mate

by Emerson Eggerichs
The Language of Love and Respect: Cracking the Communication Code with Your Mate

The Language of Love and Respect: Cracking the Communication Code with Your Mate

by Emerson Eggerichs

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Overview

Why does communication between couples remain the number one marriage issue? Because most spouses don't know that they speak two different languages.

Communication expert Dr. Emerson Eggerichs says that the problem is couples are sending each other messages in 'code,' but they won't crack that code until they see that she listens to hear the language of love and he listens to hear the language of respect.

Dr. Eggerichs' best-selling book, Love and Respect, launched a revolution in how couples relate to each other. In The Language of Love and Respect, you will discover:

  • The basic communication differences between men and women
  • A biblical perspective with easy-to-use tips and advice
  • A quick review and summary for each chapter

This book offers a practical, step-by-step approach for how husbands and wives can learn to speak each other’s distinctly different language — respect for him, love for her. The result is mutual understanding and a successful, happy marriage.

Previously released as Cracking the Communication Code.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780849948077
Publisher: Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date: 10/11/2009
Pages: 355
Sales rank: 358,251
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Emerson Eggerichs, PhD, is an internationally known communication expert and author of the New York Times bestseller Love & Respect. Just as Dr. Eggerichs transformed millions of marital relationships with a biblical understanding of love and respect, he also turned these principles to one of the most important relationships of all in Mother & Son: The Respect Effect. As a communication expert, Emerson has also spoken to groups such as the NFL, NBA, PGA, US Navy SEALs and members of Congress. He was the senior pastor of Trinity Church in East Lansing, Michigan for almost twenty years. Emerson holds a PhD in child and family ecology from Michigan State University, a BA in Biblical Studies from Wheaton College, an MA in communications from Wheaton College Graduate School, and an MDiv from the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He and his wife Sarah have been married since 1973 and have three adult children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Preface ix

To Get the Most from This Book xi

Introduction: Is Communication Really the Key to Marriage? 1

Part I A Book Within a Book

1 A Short Course on Love and Respect 11

Part II Three Vital Truths for Better Communication

2 In Marriage, the Mouth Matters 37

3 Not Wrong, Just Different 54

4 Can You Trust Your Spouse's Goodwill? (Can Your Spouse Trust Yours?) 70

Part III The Crazy Cycle: A Relentless Enemy of Marital Communication

5 Decode-and Stop the Crazy Cycle 89

6 "Ouch! You're Stepping on My Air Hose!" 102

7 Forgiveness: The Ultimate Strategy for Halting the Crazy Cycle 118

Part IV The Energizing Cycle: To Better Communicate, Meet Your Spouse's Needs

8 Enjoy Win-Win Communication on the Energizing Cycle 137

9 Decode-and Then Use C-H-A-I-R-S to Energize Him 161

10 Decode-and Then Use C-O-U-P-L-E to Energize Her 180

11 Dealing with the Everyday Challenge 197

12 More Strategies for Dealing with Communication Glitches 211

Part V The Rewarded Cycle: The Unconditional Dimension of Communication

13 Why the Rewarded Cycle Is for Every Marriage-Hot, Cold, or Lukewarm 229

14 The Jesus Way of Talking-Part I

Communicating with Love and Respect 249

15 The Jesus Way of Talking-Part II

To Love and Respect, Use Truthful, Uplifting, and Forgiving Words 265

16 The Jesus Way of Talking-Part III

To Love or Respect: Be Thankful, Scriptural-and Faithful 288

Conclusion: In God Always Trust 309

Endnotes 320

Appendix A How to Get Off a Chronic Crazy Cycle Caused by Low-Grade Resentment 327

Appendix B Forgiving-But Also Confronting-the Three A's: Adultery, Abuse, Addiction 338

Appendix C Howto Write a Love Note or Make a Good "I Love You" Speech to Your Wife 341

Appendix D Using Feedback to Clarify Your Conversations 346

Appendix E Unconditional Love and Respect Do Not Operate on a Scale of 1-10 351

Appendix F My Prayer in This Time of Trial 354

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