09/02/2021
đŻWhy The Five Love Languages SUCK at Saving Your Marriageđź
đĄI canât tell you the number of times I see people struggling in their marriage and someone will tell them to read the Five Love Languages to save their marriage.
UGH!!đĄ
This book speaks to addressing your partnerâs unspoken needs and how partners may have differing ways of showing love. These ways include words of affirmation, physical touch, acts of service, quality time, and gifts.đ
While the book lends some insight into getting to know your partner better, it is lacking in many ways.
đ€Here is what the book got ABSOLUTELY WRONG when a relationship is struggling:
1) It fails to address communication and conflict issues. The Gottman Institute has done extensive research on how conflict styles significantly impacts the trust in a relationship. If negative conflict styles are not changed, the chance of the relationship ending is actually very predictable.
2) It oversimplifies complex relationship dynamics. Sometimes, a relationship has dynamics with the individuals, the children, the relationship that need additional guidance. Especially, stepfamilies or families with additional stressors, such as special needs children.
3) Many people donât recognize that a âlove languageâ may stem from an underlying issue that needs to be addressed by the individual.
đ€š For example, I had a client come to me because her partner didnât compliment her enough. She knew her love language was words of affirmation- but that really stemmed from being insecure. What she really needed was to address her underlying insecurities and childhood abandonment. We healed that and she no longer needed her spouse to constantly verbally affirm her.
đĄPerhaps you always demand a partnerâs time or compliments or attention.
And when they donât give it to you, you feel
đčLonely,
đčInsecure,
đčAnxious,
đčLost,
đčUnwantedâŠ
đYou canât heal internal problems with external solutions.
đI teach my clients how to:
đâReparentâ themselves, so they get what they are missing from their childhoods.
đUse specific strategies and tools to unlearn unhealthy relationship patterns.
đIdentify the patterns from their childhood that hold them back, not only in their relationships but also professionally.
đYou Can:
âStop Relying on a Partner to Make You Feel Secure
âFeel Good on your Own
âOvercome loneliness and Insecurity
âLet Go of the Control and Perfectionism
âFeel Loved Unconditionally
Want to know the 3 Keys to Creating Healthy Patterns so you can free yourself from relying on others to feel at okay?
Learning to let go of these patterns doesnât have to take years of therapy.
If youâre an action taker and want specific strategies that will create a healthy relationship faster, this call, 3 Keys to Creating Healthy Patterns So You Can Feel Secure in Your Relationship, is for you.
If youâre ready, willing and able to commit to feeling good again, join me by clicking on the link below to sign up for the 3 Keys to Creating Healthy Patterns So You Can Feel Secure in Your Relationship phone call.