Love List, The [Hardcover]

Les and Leslie Parrott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2002

Includes insert with peel-off, his-and-hers 'Clings' listing the eight items of The Love List. This little book will make a big impact on your marriage. Start right away applying its hands-on concepts. You'll immediately increase intimacy, gain new direction, enjoy more laughter, and much more. You'll love how The Love List unites purposefulness and spontaneity. 'A few small actions---practiced on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis---can change everything for a couple,' say relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott. 'Little, deliberate behaviors quietly lavish love on a marriage.' Drawing on their professional insights into successful couples and sharing candidly from their own marriage, the Parrotts give you eight simple-but-powerful, instantly usable principles that will lift your marriage out of the doldrums into everything you've wanted it to be. Plus, it's also fun! Especially when you start seeing noticeable results right away. Discover the importance of tender touch. The bonding power of a clean slate. The secret to building your partner's self-esteem. The key to putting the sizzle back in sex. The Love List isn't so much a to-do list as it is a map for your journey together---one that takes you down the most scenic roads toward meaningful, joyous love and a truly fulfilling marriage. Keep this book handy---and get started today! The Love List Once a Day . . . -Take Time to Touch (If Only for a Minute) -Find Something That Makes You Both Laugh Once a Week . . . -Do Something Active That Lifts Your Spirits -Boost Your Partner's Self-Esteem Once a Month . . . -Rid Yourselves of Harmful Residue -Fire Up Passion in the Bedroom Once a Year -Review Your Top-Ten Highlights -Chart Your Course for the Coming Year

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Includes insert with peel-off, his-and-hers "Clings" listing the eight items of The Love List.

This little book will make a big impact on your marriage. Start right away applying its hands-on concepts. You'll immediately increase intimacy, gain new direction, enjoy more laughter, and much more. You'll love how The Love List unites purposefulness and spontaneity. "A few small actions—practiced on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly basis—can change everything for a couple," say relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott. "Little, deliberate behaviors quietly lavish love on a marriage." Drawing on their professional insights into successful couples and sharing candidly from their own marriage, the Parrotts give you eight simple-but-powerful, instantly usable principles that will lift your marriage out of the doldrums into everything you've wanted it to be. Plus, it's also fun! Especially when you start seeing noticeable results right away. Discover the importance of tender touch. The bonding power of a clean slate. The secret to building your partner's self-esteem. The key to putting the sizzle back in sex. The Love List isn't so much a to-do list as it is a map for your journey together—one that takes you down the most scenic roads toward meaningful, joyous love and a truly fulfilling marriage. Keep this book handy—and get started today!

The Love List

Once a Day . . . · Take Time to Touch (If Only for a Minute) · Find Something That Makes You Both Laugh

Once a Week . . . · Do Something Active That Lifts Your Spirits · Boost Your Partner’s Self-Esteem

Once a Month . . . · Rid Yourselves of Harmful Residue · Fire Up Passion in the Bedroom

Once a Year · Review Your Top-Ten Highlights · Chart Your Course for the Coming Year

About the Author

Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are founders of RealRelationships.com and the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University. Their bestselling books include Love Talk, Crazy Good Sex, and the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. Their work has been featured in the New York Times and USA Today, and they have appeared on CNN, Good Morning America, and Oprah. They live with their two young sons in Seattle. SPANISH BIO: Les y Leslie forman un equipo como marido y mujer, y son expertos avanzados en los asuntos concernientes a las relaciones personales. Muestran sus experiencias como padres con el objetivo de ayudarte a cumplir la vocacion mas grande de u vida.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310248507
• ISBN-13: 978-0310248507
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Les and Leslie. A husband-and-wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for helping others build healthy relationships. In 1991, the Parrotts founded the Center for Relationship Development on the campus of Seattle Pacific University - a groundbreaking program dedicated to teaching the basics of good relationships.

Married in 1984, the Parrotts bring real-life examples to their speaking platform. Their professional training - Leslie as a marriage and family therapist, and Les as a clinical psychologist - ensures a presentation that is grounded, insightful and cutting-edge.

The Parrotts are New York Times #1 Best Selling Authors. Their books include the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Love Talk, Real Relationships, The Parent You Want to Be, and Crazy Good Sex.

Each year Les and Leslie speak in over 40 cities. Their audiences include a wide array of venues, from churches to Fortune 500 company board rooms. Their books have sold over two million copies in more than two dozen languages.

The Parrotts have been guests on many national TV and radio programs such as CNN, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The View with Barbara Walters, NBC Nightly News, and Oprah. Their work has been featured in USA Today and The New York Times.

Visit their website for lots of free resources at www.LesandLeslie.com

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound practical advice, February 9, 2003

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This review is from: Love List, The (Hardcover)

My wife and I have a good marriage, but for some time I've felt like our relationship has not had the "sparkle" that it ought. I've never been able to put my finger on how I/we have let things go flat and how I could work on rejuvinating things.

I ran across this book by accident and was instantly hooked. Unlike many relationship books, the author talks sense rather than nonsense.

The idea is truely simple - a list of eight behaviours to practice. Some per day, some per week, per month, per year. There is nothing fancy here, nothing that costs money. Nothing that requires elaborate preparation. The main idea is that husband and wife need to be intenttional about nurturing the marriage and they probably need to talk about important stuff a lot more than they are probably doing now. For example, item no. 1 on the list is touch each other each day.

The ideas here speak to me. I can see my wife and I putting this into practice over the long run. I believe that these 8 simple ideas will work change in our relationship.

Skinny book, and a fast read. Take your time, read it two or three times, give it to your spouse to read and then talk, talk, talk about the ideas.

Although published by a Christian publisher, and written from a Christian perspective, don't let that scare you off if you are of a different/no religious persuasion. The religious themes are minor and almost incidental. No preaching here.

I'd say this is for folks like us - good marriages that could be better. This is probably not the recipe for repairing a damaged relationship.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas for a better marriage, February 9, 2003

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Soozie4Him (Chicago suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love List, The (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed this book by Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. The format is simple - the Love List is a list of 2 things to do once a day, once a week, once a month and once a year. Examples are:

Once a day find something that makes you both laugh.
Once a week boost your partner's self-esteem.

Along with the items on the list, the Parrotts include personal anecdotes and encouragement about how to re-vitalize a tired marriage or improve an already good one.

The Parrotts also do marriage conferences called "Becoming Soulmates" (look for the book by the same name). Pillow Talk for Couples: Drawing Closer Before the Lights Go Out" is the title of their newest book, a devotional that looks like a must-buy!

The Love List would be a great book for any married couple, newlyweds or golden-agers. The authors are Christians and the book is written from that perspective, but I believe all married couples would benefit greatly!

Thank you, Les and Leslie!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my husband read it, January 2, 2005

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A. copeland (Friensdswood, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love List, The (Hardcover)

i have a large collection of relationship books that i buy for husband to be used as dust collectors. for some reason he liked this one and he did not put it down until it was read. i saw instant results. buy it!