They say communication is key and we agree. The communication of love is perhaps the most important key. Do you know how to most effectively show your partner love? On today’s episode, we break down the five love languages and discuss incorporating them into life and relationships.

What can I do to improve conflict resolution in my relationship?

How can I show my partner I love them?

How are my children being impacted by my marriage and the way my partner and I show love?

James and Beth Deppa welcome Dr. Gary Chapman, NYT best-selling author, having written many books on marriage, family, and relationships, including the famous book The Five Love Languages. Dr. Chapman lives in North Carolina with his wife, Karolyn, and has been married for 49 years. He writes often about his journey, which actually started off a little rocky. He travels the world presenting seminars on marriage, family, and relationships, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations. In this episode, Dr. Chapman shares stories of learning how to speak love languages and gives powerful advice for people who wish to enhance their marriage or their bond with loved ones.

Knowing how your partner receives love and then giving love in a way that aligns with that is crucial to a long-term, romance-filled relationship. Tune into this week’s episode for insight from the expert himself into how to best incorporate the five love languages into your relationship to foster a healthy, loving bond.

3 MAJOR POINTS DISCUSSED

●  The five love languages are words of affirmation, acts of service/kindness, gifts, physical touch, and quality time. You can speak love in all five ways, but if you don’t speak their primary language, they will not feel love.

●  Discovering each other’s love language and then choosing to speak it creates a very positive climate around your relationship and your life. It’s easier to resolve conflicts and face the traumas that may come into your life if you both feel genuinely loved by each other. You may find it difficult to learn your partner’s love language and that’s okay. If you grew up in a family that did not use words of affirmation, it’ll be difficult to learn words of affirmation, but you can learn it. Just take baby steps and make the effort. It will eventually get easier and more natural. Dr. Gary Chapman details how you can figure out your own love language, as well as your partner’s, and how you can teach yourself to show love in that language.

●  Learn how to apologize to each other, because no one is perfect. Walls built between you and your partner is the result of putting up emotional barriers, which often result from arguments. Apologizing and forgiving one another is the way to break down those barriers. People also have different ways of apologizing and about 10% of people never apologize for anything, so it’s important to learn what your partner believes is a sincere apology so that you’ll know how to truly apologize to them. Conflicts are a common challenge in marriages. Listening with empathy and asking questions to understand what your partner is feeling is crucial for solving conflicts. Have you been a good listener recently?

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·  For more information on The Five Love Languages: www.5lovelanguages.com/5-love-languages