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"Straight Talk about Strengthening
Marriage!"
e-Newsletter #8--March 9, 2005 (#05-3) www.StrengtheningMarriage.com CONTENTS
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) MARRIAGE TIP--Sharing Facts and Feelings 2) ARTICLE--"Don't Forget the Honeymoon!" 3) EVENTS--BYU Family Outreach Conf.; Marriage Seminar; BYU Idaho Education Week 4) IN THE NEWS--Deseret News & Athens Banner-Herald 5) PROFESSIONAL & ECCLESIASTICAL REVIEWS-- "...powerfully corrective manifesto" 6) GREAT DATE IDEA--Love Lists 7) WORDS TO PONDER--Mutual fulfillment needed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) MARRIAGE TIP--Sharing Facts and Feelings
Communication is a powerful contributor to intimacy in marriage. Couples can increase their emotional connection by sharing experiences, facts, and feelings from their daily lives. This can be done verbally with phone calls, taking a few minutes at night for "pillow talk" time, and having a date night where there can be uninterrupted conversation. Nonverbal communication can also build intimacy through cards, notes, letters and e-mails. Strive to share feelings more frequently by paying attention to your emotions (especially the positive ones). Share at least one feeling with your spouse every day. For heart-to-heart talks couples need to remember that just as physical intimacy requires foreplay, so does intimate communication. Warm up your intimate connection by sharing facts and feelings. There is a special power associated with intimate communication (sharing and listening) that provides healing to the heart and soul. (Taken from Chapter 10 "Becoming ONE--Emotional Intimacy" of
the book And They Were Not Ashamed--Strengthening Marriage through Sexual Fulfillment.) 2) ARTICLE--"Don't Forget the
Honeymoon!"
With intimacy issues as one of the primary causes of divorce and dissatisfaction in marriage, engaged couples need to prepare for the honeymoon and the intimate aspects of marriage even more than they prepare for the wedding day. A positive, mutually enjoyable honeymoon experience builds a strong foundation for the marital relationship. A negative experience can sow seeds of dissatisfaction and disaffection that may fester for many years. Couples need to understand that education, understanding each other’s expectations, as well as time and experience will be needed to create a mutually fulfilling intimate relationship. Read the full article here: http://www.ldsmag.com/familyconnections/050217honeymoon.html http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/news.php. 3) AUTHOR EVENTS--BYU Family
Outreach Conf, Marriage
For information about additional author events visit our "Events" page:Seminar, BYU Idaho Education Week BYU Family Outreach Conference http://www.strengtheningmarriage.com/events.php 4) IN THE NEWS--Deseret News & Athens Banner-Herald If you didn't get a chance to see the great news stories written about the book And They Were Not Ashamed you're still in luck! You can read two of the recent news articles by clicking on the links below: "Author Addresses Attitudes Toward Married Sex" "...powerfully corrective manifesto" "...so straight forward, yet in a personal, not clinical way"Thank you for your continuing comments of praise and appreciation for the book "And They Were Not Ashamed." Every bit of cultural acceptance and support of the views we are endeavoring to advance helps us to break down the barriers that impede our progress toward greater understanding of the divinity of the intimate relationship in marriage. Take a minute to share your thoughts at: www.strengtheningmarriage.com/comments.php. 6) GREAT DATE IDEA--Love Lists Call today to get a babysitter (if needed) for Friday or Saturday night. While out on the town enjoying your favorite delectable dessert, each of you create a list of ten specific things that most make you feel loved. Share your lists with each other and commit to do one thing from your spouse's list every day. 7) WORDS TO PONDER--Mutual fulfillment needed
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"When wives are unfulfilled sexually, husbands too are unfulfilled. The ultimate sexual experience is one where pleasure and enjoyment are shared by both husband and wife."
~And They Were
Not Ashamed, p. xix
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