Secrets to Lasting Love

by Dr. Gary Smalley

Dr. Gary Smalley is one the world's foremost speakers and experts on love and relationships.  His gift for helping couples create more meaningful communication and deeper understanding so that they can establish an unwavering bond is the inspiration behind Secrets to Lasting Love, the culmination of Smalley's decades of work. 

In it he outlines the three essential skills that move couples to the highest level of intimacy:

   1.  Respect your spouse for all of his or her individual qualities and differences from you.

   2.  Communicate with each other in a way that moves conversations into deeper realms of understanding.

   3.  Renew and recharge your spouse emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.

It is not easy to recognize and then apply these skills.  But Secrets to Lasting Love shows everyone how to do just that, so they can reach what Dr. Smalley calls the fifth, or ultimate level of intimacy -- where there's a marital bond strong enough to withstand the inevitable highs and lows of life.  With Dr. Gary Smalley, you will have the tools to create a heightened sense of commitment that will allow you to reach your spouse's heart and spirit.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

     Introduction: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You!

     1. Deeper: The Direction Toward the Ultimate Relationship.

     2. Are We in the Lowest Level of Intimacy?

     3. The Barren Conversation. 

     4. The Wall of Conflict.

     5. Honor: The first and foremost skill.

     6. Drive-through Listening: The Greatest Communication method on earth.

     7. Recharging your mates Needs Battery Through Love.

     8. A new Beginning.