Willard F. Harley author of Fall in Love, Stay in Love, writes that marriage partners have ten emotional needs. Here is the problem. Dr. Harley says that a woman's top five emotional needs and a man's top five emotional needs often don't overlap. When you think about it, you then have a problem. To fulfill your spouses' needs you will have to fill needs that aren't that important to you. If your spouse's needs were...
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The concepts are fairly basic, but as far as I can tell, most new couples (most people) don't know them. They have bought into the idea that you can only make yourself happy, so why should you meet your spouse's needs if you don't feel like it? Or they are trying to meet their spouse's needs, but instead are doing things that would meet their own needs because they don't get that their spouse needs different things. And...
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Although I had read His Needs, Her Needs, this book absolutely blew me away. Harley's insight and concepts are absolutely incredible. On the verge of separation, this book literally saved my life as I know it and my marriage. Just as His Needs, Her Needs presents the concept of the basic different needs and how to meet them, this book delves into the concept of the two types of love in marriage (romantic and caring), three...
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He's done it again. William Harley has a great track record of putting out relationship books that are honest, insightful and useful. This one definitely fits the bill. For most couples falling in love is the easy part. Staying in love is a completely different matter. Harley dispenses his typical wisdom into the main reasons marriages fail and what you can do to keep the love ever present. No one needs to fall for the lie...
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