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Weekend Marriage Seminar Reviews

The Only "Man-Friendly" Seminar that is Fun and Enlightening - The Laugh Your Way To a Better Marriage Weekend Event

Typically, men have no intention of getting “stuck” in some marriage seminar for two days. That’s the reason I highly endorse Mark Gungor’s Laugh Your Way To A Better Marriage weekend event. I’ve personally been to several of these events and I’ve watched men react. Most men laugh non-stop and make this comment, “If I’d of known it was this good, I’d have done this a lot sooner.” Mark Gungor presents his hysterically funny way to teach couples how to be happily married, all around the country. You can find his appearance schedule at www.laughyourway.com

Mark Gungor is a good friend of mine and one of the most sought after speakers on marriage and family in the country who is growing increasingly popular on a GLOBAL scale. He teaches thousands of couples each year. Mark’s down to earth, practical approach teaches biblical principles for marriage, but adds humor by the truck load. Couples who leave the two day event are amazed at how laughing drives home the learning and takes the threat out of what had become a hostile relationship.

Another Popular Marriage Event for Faith Based Couples

Another alternative marriage weekend seminar called Retrouvaille (pronounced ret-tro-vi with a long i) has been responsible for turning around hundreds of marriages in trouble over many years. If you want to know what to expect from Retrouvaille, here is some feedback that was posted by someone who attended a Retrouvaille event in response to the question,”What can I expect from a Retrouvaille marriage weekend?

“It’s been several years for me since Retrouvaille weekend. Basically there is about 3 or 4 couples and a priest leading the weekend. The couples are past Retrouvaille attendees who went through a weekend just like you will be. A couple will give a talk referring to their own struggles in marriage (or the priest at times), discuss “dialogging” a written way of communication they will teach you, and give you a question to dialogue on.

Each partner goes to a separate area to respond to the question in a provided notebook, the note books are exchanged privately and you have a short discussion about each other’s response (also in private -I believe it’s about 10-20 minutes if I remember correctly.) Then you return to the main area for another talk and it continues in the same pattern. The hosting couples and the priest are also available for private discussion with you and your husband, or either one of you alone if you are having struggles you need assistance with. Retrouvaille saved my marriage. May God Bless you and your husband with healing, I will pray for you both.”

If You Are Looking For a Serious Weekend Seminar

Not all weekend marriage seminars are fit for all types of couples. Most are designed to appeal to women, not to men, even though the majority are put on by men. Husbands just come along and endure the seminar and make their wife happy. I highly encourage couples to go to a weekend marriage event if they have another couple they know where both the wife AND husband have highly endorsed it. Marriage Encounter, for example, is a serious weekend event that causes couples to really think, analyze their relationship history and communicate. It’s been around for many years and you can most likely find one scheduled near you to attend.

No matter what you do, it’s a good practice to get away from your normal life and have a place to go where someone else will get the two of you thinking, talking and feeling warmer towards each other. Sometimes you need a public event to see other actual couples who are struggling with marriage just like you are.

Marriage Coaches

Mort Fertel

Whenever I encounter someone who is looking for specific “how to” action oriented marriage advice, I always tell them to go sign up for Mort Fertel’s free newsletter because Mort has some really solid material on this type of information that involves “what to DO and SAY” when your marriage is in trouble.

All of Mort’s teachings and programs have my absolute highest recommendation because not only are they completely in line with all the concepts that I teach, but I have personally spoken to NUMEROUS men and women who have gone through his programs and gained a sense of relief in their marriage as a result.

(This, coming from someone who generally doesn’t recommend other people in the marriage help business.)

If you’ve read any of the articles I’ve published on the web, you know that I developed my own programs and teachings based on the insights I used to transform my own (formerly) miserable marriage of 27 years.

And much like myself, saving marriages is also something very personal for Mort. I've given a more detailed review of Mort Fertel and his teachings here.

Marriage Friendly Therapists

If you absolutely want to see a therapist through an in-person office setting, Dr. William Doherty developed a website called Marriage Friendly Therapists that lists PRO- marriage therapists across America.

MARRIAGE BOOKS - RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
The Case For Marriage
10 Great Dates
Between Two Worlds
Five Love Languages
Emotional
Intelligence

Daniel Goleman
The Case
For Marriage

Waite & Gallagher
10 Great Dates
David &
Claudia Arp
Between Two
Worlds

Elizabeth Marquardt
         
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce
How Men and Women Can Find and Fulfill Their Greatest Needs Before It's Too Late
The Secret Path To Divorce
Your Invisible Lifestyle: Is It Helping or Hurting Your Marriage?
The Unexpected
Legacy of Divorce

Judith S. Wallerstein,
Julia M. Lewis &
Sandra Blakeslee
       

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