Strengthen Your Marriage: Personal Insights into Your Relationship

by Les Parrott, Leslie Parrott

Overview

Bestselling authors and trusted relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you strengthen and enhance your unique marriage with the perfect companion to your SYMBIS+ Assessment Report.

The SYMBIS+ Assessment is a powerful and personalized marriage insight tool that covers seventeen key areas in your marriage, including wellbeing, social support, finances, personality, sex, communication, conflict, spirituality, time styles, and more.

Whether you are debriefing your SYMBIS+ Report one—on—one with your certified Facilitator or in a small group or class, this guidebook is an ideal companion to SYMBIS+. Each chapter perfectly correlates to a page of your personal report—and gives you fun and practical steps toward making a bad marriage better or a good marriage great.

Chock—full of real—life action steps, no—guilt exercises, and engaging discussion starters, this book will show you how to:

• Utilize the strengths you and your spouse bring to your marriage
• Navigate your hot—button issues
• Cultivate deeper intimacy and lifelong passion
• Kick financial worries to the curb
• Engage in heartfelt and meaningful conversations

Whether you have already debriefed your SYMBIS+ Report with a certified SYMBIS Facilitator, or you are about to, don't miss out on what Strengthen Your Marriage will do for your relationship.

You can find a SYMBIS+ Facilitator and your own SYMBIS+ Report to accompany this book at SYMBIS.com.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310361640
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	04/13/2021
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 7.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Number—one New York Times bestselling author and psychologist Dr. Les Parrott has been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, the Today Show, CNN, and The View, as well as in USA Today and The New York Times. His books, which include Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts and many others, have sold over five million copies. Les and his wife, Leslie, a marriage therapist, are the creators of Better Love.com, a resource for couples. Les and Leslie live in Seattle, Washington.

Dr. Leslie Parrott is a marriage and family therapist and a New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including God Made You Nose to Toes. She and her husband, Dr. Les Parrott, are the creators of My Heart Chart.com, a free relationship assessment. Together, they also co—authored Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. Leslie has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, and The View, and has been featured in USA Today and The New York Times. She and Les live in Seattle. Learn more at Les And Leslie.com.

Table of Contents

Getting the Most from Your SYMBIS+ Guidebook xi

Marriage Momentum 1

Marriage Mindset 7

Wellbeing 15

Social Life 25

Finances 35

Expectations 47

Remarriage and Blending a Family 53

Individual Dynamics 59

Relationship Dynamics 67

Love Life 81

Attitude 97

Communication 109

Gender 125

Conflict 135

Spirituality 149

Time Styles 159

Harmony 169

Notes 179