What’s your love language? What’s your spouse’s? To kick off season two of The WinShape Marriage Podcast, Marlee Arnold talks to the author of The New York Times Best Seller, “The 5 Love Languages,” Dr. Gary Chapman. Not only do they break down The 5 Love Languages, but they talk about how to utilize them to enhance your marriage. Even if you are a love language fanatic, or you know nothing about them at all, you’ll definitely learn something in this episode that will help you be a better spouse this week.
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Time Stamps:
(1:41) What first inspired Dr. Chapman to step into the marriage and family space and eventually write, “The 5 Love Languages”
(7:27) Acts of service
(8:10) Receiving gifts
(10:20) Quality time
(13:00) Words of affirmation
(14:21) Physical touch
(17:00) What does it mean to love your spouse well based on their love language
(21:37) Are you only supposed to love your spouse via their primary love language?
(23:45) Is there any correlation to the love languages you received or didn’t receive growing up that contributes to your love language?
(25:17) How Dr. Chapman responds to criticism of The 5 Love Languages...“My spouse doesn’t love me well...they never...”
(29:29) How The 5 Love Languages influenced other work by Dr. Chapman
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Links:
The 5 Love Languages https://5lovelanguages.com/
1 John 3:18 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%203%3A18&version=ESV
1 John 4:19 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204%3A19&version=ESV
WinShape Marriage Website https://marriage.winshape.org/
WinShape Marriage Instagram https://www.instagram.com/winshapemarriage/
90 Date Ideas for Couples https://marriage.winshape.org/resource/90-date-ideas-for-couples/
WinShape Marriage Retreats https://marriage.winshape.org/retreats/
Spark deeper conversation with your spouse related to the episode with our free discussion questions. https://marriage.winshape.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/09/WSMPodcastDiscussionQuestions-S2Ep1.pdf
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