The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference Author: Shaunti Feldhahn | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DXKJP00 | Format: EPUB
The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages: The Little Things That Make a Big Difference Description
“Where does ‘highly happy’ come from—and can we have some too?!”
Have you ever looked at a blissfully married couple and thought, I wish I could know their secret? Now you can. After years of investigative research, Shaunti reveals twelve powerful habits that the happiest marriages have in common.
Best news of all?Anyone can learn the secrets of a highly happy marriage!
In The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages, Shaunti Feldhahn shares her findings about little, very unexpected, often overlooked actions that make a huge difference. You’re about to discover that highly happy couples:
• Go to bed mad
• Keep score (just not in the way you think)
• Boss their feelings around
• Have factual fantasies
• Get in over their heads
• Don’t tell it like it is
• Don’t look to marriage to make them happy…
Packed with eye-opening research and practical helps, this book delivers relationship insights that will take your marriage from “just fine” to “just the marriage we’ve always wanted.”
- File Size: 2688 KB
- Print Length: 256 pages
- Publisher: Multnomah Books (December 31, 2013)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DXKJP00
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,295 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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I remember when Shaunti first published For Women Only. She made a fascinating discovery when she was deep in research for a fiction book she was writing. The discovery came while she was doing extensive interviews so she could get an authentic view of how men and women were different in what they valued most in relationships. I found the non-fiction books she’s written helpful and this one is no exception. What intrigued me about this book is how many simple things seem small in effort but pay off big in bringing two people close together.
Shaunti says, “You are very likely to make your spouse feel deeply cared for if you make a habit of doing the same five things consistently.” She has the Fantastic five list for men and one for women. Here is a sample of things from that list. She says, “A wife will have a big impact on her husband’s happiness when she does the following five. 1. Notices his effort and sincerely thanks him for it. Ex. “Thank you for mowing the lawn even though it was so hot outside”. 2. Mentions in front of others something he did well. (Each of the five items are listed with examples just like the ones’ I've shown here).
Now for the men’s list, “a husband will have a big impact on his wife when he does the following five. 1. Takes her hand. Ex. “When walking through a parking lot or sitting together at a movie or church.” 2. Leaves her a message by voice mail, email or text during the day to say he loves her and is thinking about her….these are simple, learnable, and doable by any wife or husband….these fantastic five make both parties feel “deeply pleased and cared for.”
The fantastic five are just the beginning of this encouraging read. The other subjects the author talks about in different chapters are
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