Back from the brief hiatus to continue our review of Marriage Fitness. We’re up to Step #3 - Move from Me to We. No summary equation this time, but the crux of the step is making choices to grow together.
I think this step will fly in the face of our modern individualism. Exercises include letting […]
Let’s continue our series on Mort Fertel’s Marriage Fitness and look at Step #2 - Give Presence. Step #2 can be summarized with a simple equation much like Step #1.
Love = Knowing
Here Fertel focuses on express love by learning our spouse and communicating that knowledge to our spouse through gift giving. In yet another pun, […]
Let’s begin looking at each the of the Marriage Fitness steps in depth, starting with Step #1 - Put Love First. If I may, let me summarize the chapter with an equation:
Love = Time
The foundation of Fertel’s approach isn’t based on communication skills or conflict resolution tips, its based on the proactive expression of love […]
Let’s continue stepping our way through Marriage Fitness. See, that was a pun, because Marriage Fitness is centers on “The MarriageMax® 4-Step Plan.” (Those are the jokes people; get used to it.) This is an example of the self-help hype that I found off-putting. Anyway, here’s the Plan is brief; we’ll chat individually about each […]
Alternative Title: “It’s Me, Not You”
Let’s continue our look into Marriage Fitness with this bit, which gets at the heart of Fertel’s approach:
Most books about marriage teach conflict-resolution and communication skills. But just as curing an illness doesn’t make you physically fit, solving your problems will not create love in your life. And neither will […]
I recently completed a book on marriage, and it’s time to start blogging through it. The book, Marriage Fitness: 4 Steps to Building & Maintaining Phenomenal Love by Mort Fertel, was recommended by Joanne back when I put out a call for interesting books on the subject of marriage. If you have your own book […]
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Written by Marc Audet [email], and Marye Audet [email] for b5media.
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