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Love Languages

Love Languages. Speaking different languages makes good communication difficult. Love Languages. How was love expressed in your family?. If we want to communicate effectively with our spouses, we may have to learn their Love Language.

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Love Languages

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  1. Love Languages

  2. Speaking different languages makes good communication difficult

  3. Love Languages

  4. How was love expressed in your family?

  5. If we want to communicate effectively with our spouses, we may have to learn their Love Language..

  6. When the emotional tank is low, feelings of love go away

  7. When I feel loved by my spouse, I feel secure and my sense of self-worth is fed. If she/loves me, I must have significance.

  8. Five Love Languages

  9. 1 Words of Affirmation

  10. “I can live for two months on a good compliment.”- Mark Twain

  11. Verbal compliments are far greater motivators than nagging words

  12. Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse’s perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse.

  13. 2 Quality Time Quality Time

  14. Emphasis is not on what you’re doing but on why

  15. Togetherness is focusedattention, not proximity

  16. Doesn’t matter what you do

  17. Creating memories

  18. 3 Receiving Gifts

  19. Gifts are visible symbols of love that have emotional value.

  20. You can learn to be a proficient gift giver

  21. Doesn’t have to be expensive or often.It has nothing to do with monetary value and everything to do with love!

  22. There’s presents and then there’s presence…

  23. The Gift of Self The gift of self

  24. 4 Acts of Service

  25. Doing things you know your spouse would like you to do

  26. Requires thought, planning, time, effort, energy… and a positive spirit.

  27. Need to learn their dialect so we can do the right things!

  28. 5 Physical Touch

  29. Some people emotionally yearn for their spouses to reach out and touch them physically

  30. Which love languagedoes your spouse speak?

  31. When an action doesn’t come naturally to you, it is a greater expression of love

  32. True Love Just do it, whether you understand it, like it, or want to.

  33. Love is a choice

  34. If I know their primary love language and choose to speak it, her/his deepest emotional need will be met and she/he will feel secure in my love.

  35. Each partner holds the key to changing the emotional climate of the marriage.

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