Thriving Marriages - 2nd Edition (An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Lasting Happiness)

Since our first publication of Thriving Marriages, we have given seminars on its content to over 300,000 people across the United States. Two areas emerged that needed further clarification and elaboration: how to make conflict resolution more effective and how to communicate our needs more clearly. As a result, we have rewritten Chapter 10: Solving Conflicts with Wisdom and Respect. The new chapter simplifies the conflict resolution process focusing on the role of Understanding, Vali dating and Acting, which we refer to as the UVA response. This type of emphatic response allows people to integrate their differences and transform the conflict into an opportunity to grow in their unity. The chapter also includes a new questionnaire which covers the skills required and can be used as a tool to engage in constructive dialogue. A great resource for those ministering to couples, Thriving Marriages offers a practical and effective marriage curriculum for couples’ and family ministries, or for church-related premarital and marital enrichment programs.

John & Claire Yzaguirre For more than 30 years, John and Claire have offered education programs and psychological services that integrate contemporary psychological research and Christian spirituality of unity to promote thriving, resilient and compassionate marriages and families. Besides their private practice in Irvine, CA, they offer their formation programs in family ministries throughout Southern California.