Seven Levels of Intimacy
Matthew Kelly (Dynamic Catholic) asks: are you helping those you love become the best-version-of-themselves? Are they helping you become the best-version-of-yourself? This program is full of practical and humorous insights that will help you take your relationships to the next level. Get the CD HERE (you pay only for shipping)






 

COMMUNICATION

"Love needs time and space; everything else is secondary. Time is needed to talk things over, to embrace leisurely, to share plans, to listen to one other and gaze in each other's eyes, to appreciate one another and to build a stronger relationship. Sometimes the frenetic pace of our society and the pressures of the workplace create problems. At other times, the problem is the lack of quality time together, sharing the same room without one even noticing the other."
- Pope Francis

You’ve probably heard that good communication makes for a good marriage. How to negotiate conflict, how to be an effective listener, how to share openly – these are all topics frequently covered in magazines, on web sites and in programs that prepare couples for marriage. You never know what issues will come up in your marriage. Being able to discuss them is crucial. This requires preparation, maybe even some rules between the two of you. Click HERE for some Communication 101 - for those at every stage of married life.

Articles on Communication:

The Myth of Multitasking and the Power of Listening
5 Obstacles to Effective Listening
Communication and the Theology of the Body
Finding Time Away from Your Spouse (CatholicMom.com)
Family Communication (CatholicMom.com)
10 Guidelines for Couple Decisions (Simple Marriage)
Forgiveness Fundamentals (foryourmarriage.org)
Win Hearts, Not Arguments (Engaged Marriage)
Five Tips to Fight Less and Love More (foryourmarriage.org)
Do You Talk Too Much? (CatholicMom.com)

If you are looking for books about communication in marriage from a Catholic Perspective, consider these titles:

We Really Need to Talk by Dr. Paul Donoghue and Dr. Mary Siegel
Are You Really Listening? by Dr. Paul Donoghue and Dr. Mary Siegel
The Good Listener by James Sullivan
God Knows Marriage Isn’t Always Easy by Maureen Rogers Law and Lanny Law