Dr. Greg Smalley from Focus on the Family continues dismantling marriage myths, tackling why "all you need is love" creates manipulation instead of intimacy. He explains the crucial difference between needs and desires in marriage and why making only your spouse responsible for meeting your needs sets them up for failure.

Learn how Jesus modeled self-care after pouring out to others, why your differences aren't problems but God's design, and how to break destructive conflict patterns using the reactive cycle assessment at reactivecycle.com. 

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