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.
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