A good marriage is a great thing-and The Total Marriage Makeover can make any marriage better. This practical plan promises results to any couple willing to work at advancing this most intimate relationship. With a step-by-step plan for improving communication, the understanding of each other, and the spiritual aspect of a couple's life together, The Total Marriage Makeover also features the encouraging, real-life stories of husbands and wives who successfully followed the plan. Written by a Christian psychologist who counsels couples, The Total Marriage Makeover is an easy-to-read, hard-to-forget volume featuring humor, intriguing pull-out material, and a helpful resource section.
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DAVID CLARKE is a Christian psychologist at a private practice in Florida and also leads seminars on emotional well-being, building relationships, and parenting skills. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a Master's degree in biblical studies fro
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The best marriage advice, so far!,
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I LOVE THIS BOOK! David Clarke's Total Marriage Makeover is a highly readable, refreshing look at "what makes a marriage tick."(How can we keep it working well?)In fact,the progression of information is perfect for small group discussion; men's workshops, couples retreats, small group study, discussion with your engaged children,and also coed book groups. Topics include: Every Marriage Can Get Better-A Lot Better! Marriage Makeover Achievements - Be a Listener; Be Worthy of Respect; Be a Romancer; Be Playful, and Pursue Him Sexually; and Conflict Can Be Your Friend..... Each topic includes short readings, a "Snapshot" of a couple's areas of struggle [that are fairly common to all] and Makeover Steps that help couples effect positive changes in their marriage. You need this book! Someone you know needs this book! Pastors and Marriage Counselors need this book! At these prices, buy a bunch of them and give them to your friends.
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without reservation recommend it,
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Reviewed by Kelli Glesige for Reader Views (8/06)"The Total Marriage Makeover" is a biblically based resource by Christian psychologist and author, David Clarke. Written in a humorous tone, Clarke shares hands-on advice and inspiring stories of couples who followed his makeover plan and experienced dramatic improvements to their marriages. If improving communication and understanding each other is something your marriage could benefit from, Clarke offers his practical plan for renewal. Dr. Clarke states his goal as an author, speaker and therapist is to guide people toward healthy lives, marriages and families by relying on his personal faith in God, the truths in the Bible and the science of psychology. Dr. Clarke has done an excellent job of this in "The Total Marriage Makeover". Reading this book together with your spouse is the preferred and recommended method for quickest results, but if your spouse will not participate, go ahead and read it alone. You will still be able to improve your marriage. It will just take longer. Succinctly stated, "God's Marriage Makeover" is based on meeting your spouse's needs. When needs go unmet, marriages breakdown. To achieve the makeover, a step-by-step strategy with 15 small, manageable and uncomplicated "Marriage Makeover Achievements" are humorously explained. Other topics covered include the five types of marriage (a fun exercise which allows you to choose which one is yours), the truth about infatuation, stepping up as a husband, the actual meaning of submission, husbands as spiritual leaders, being a romancer, and conflict resolution. Each chapter begins with a "Snapshot" of a couple with a problem and how a "Marriage Makeover Achievement" has helped their marriage. Dr. Clarke's recommendations can definitely help a marriage, and the added bonus is the reader will be entertained and humored at the same time. My only complaint is that on more than a single occasion, I found myself wondering what I, as a wife, could do better to improve my marriage, for Dr. Clarke focuses more strongly on what the husband can do to better understand his wife. He does cover what a wife can do too, just not as often or as thoroughly. Could a counterpart for wives be in the works? "The Total Marriage Makeover" is a great book for all married couples to read and refer back to often. I highly and without reservation recommend it! Book received free of charge.
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