Best Selling Books by Leslie Parrott

51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors offers an "idea box" of activities and innovative ways to deepen relationships between mentoring couples. It can be used in any of the three areas of the marriage mentoring triad: Preparing--mentoring engaged and newlywed couples Maximizing--mentoring couples from good to great Restoring--mentoring couples in distress Creative ideas for marriage mentors are grouped into these three areas. There is also an entire section of ideas appropriate for mentoring any couple. With activities that vary from quickly implemented suggestions to more involved interactions, this easy-to-use reference will help alleviate the stress of couples overwhelmed by mentoring . . . and take experienced mentors to a whole new level. Designed to work on its own or in tandem with the Parrotts'' other marriage mentoring resources, 51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors will inspire fresh ideas, increase a sense of vision for the marriage mentoring process, and build the confidence of all marriage mentors, regardless of age or stage.

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The ultimate guide to marriage mentoring so you can feel confident in offering wisdom, encouragement, and practical help to couples who want to live out a love that lasts! Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott and Dr. David Olson--renowned marriage experts and founders of the two largest marriage support organizations, SYMBIS and PREPARE/ENRICH--share what they have learned from decades of research involving more than five million couples. Packed with practical and proven methods, data-driven techniques, and immediately usable strategies, Helping Couples includes: The secrets--and the science--behind couples who thrive with lasting love Why romantic love is never enough, and what to do about it Strategies to instantly help reduce conflicts and increase intimacy The game-changing boost that scientific assessment tools give couples at any age or stage Four common myths about marriage and how to debunk them The distilled wisdom from hundreds of insightful surveys and studies How you can reduce a couple''s chances of divorce by 31 percent The ultimate guide for coaches, counselors, and clergy who want to know what really works!

Well-known authors and psychologists Les Parott III and Les Parrott, Sr. provide useful insights for raising emotionally healthy children.

Build your second marriage on more than a hope and a prayer. Sixty percent of second marriages fail, but yours can be among the ones that succeed. Relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott show how you can beat the odds and make remarriage the best thing that''s ever happened to you. More than a million couples have used the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts to prepare for life-long love. And now, with Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts, Les and Leslie have added material for couples where one or both individuals are entering marriage for the second time. Uncover and understand the unique shaping factors you bring into your marriage as a man. Prepare for some surprising and helpful insights, for honest, intimate, and enjoyable relationship-strengthening conversations with you and your fiancée, and for engaging discussions with a small group. Over the course of twenty-eight exercises, this workbook will help couples identify and meld your love styles. You''ll shed amazing new light on the way you''re made, how that affects the way you and your loved one relate, and how you can improve those areas to build a better relationship. You will gain unprecedented insights into topics such as: facing the myths of remarriage honestly exploring unfinished business your personal “Ten Commandments” making your roles conscious assessing your self-image getting your sex life off to a great start cultivating intimacy listening to your self-talk avoiding the blame game how well do you communicate? your top ten needs mind reading how to listen identifying your “hot topics” money talks your spiritual journey becoming soul mates The personal exercises portion is followed by a discussion section: 9 Questions to Ask Before—and After—You Marry. Les and Leslie will help you enjoy lively and eye-opening interaction with each other and with a small group through nine sessions on the DVD (sold separately). The discussion guide, included in this workbook, guides you through an opening exercise, note-taking as you watch the video, linking to the workbook exercises, and group discussion, concluding with an exercise each couple can do together over the next week. Designed for use with Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Workbook for Women Updated (9780310875710) and Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts Video Study (9780310885436), both sold separately.

This revised workbook is designed to help the woman explore the issues and practice the skills presented in Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts. Full of lively exercises and enlightening self-tests that will help you and your partner apply what you are learning directly to your relationship, this version of the workbook approaches the issues from a woman''s perspective. Each exercise includes an estimate of how long it will take, so you can easily fit the program into a busy schedule. Call-outs

The facts are on the table. Dinnertime is truly the most important hour in a day that a family can spend together. Focusing on the family meal, this book will help strengthen families by showing them how to reclaim this important time in order to build relationships, draw closer to one another, and restore a sense of peace in their homes. Millions of parents in America can picture the kind of home life they want but don’t know how to make it a reality. The Hour That Matters Most will help readers strengthen and transform their own families—specifically around the dinner table.

Build your second marriage on more than a hope and a prayer. Sixty percent of second marriages fail, but yours can be among the ones that succeed. Relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott show how you can beat the odds and make remarriage the best thing that''s ever happened to you. More than a million couples have used the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts to prepare for life-long love. And now, with Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts, Les and Leslie have added material for couples where one or both individuals are entering marriage for the second time. Uncover and understand the unique shaping factors you bring into your marriage as a woman. Prepare for some surprising and helpful insights, for honest, intimate, and enjoyable relationship-strengthening conversations with you and your fiancé, and for engaging discussions with a small group. Over the course of twenty-eight exercises, this workbook will help couples identify and meld your love styles. You''ll shed amazing new light on the way you''re made, how that affects the way you and your loved one relate, and how you can improve those areas to build a better relationship. You will gain unprecedented insights into topics such as: facing the myths of remarriage honestly exploring unfinished business your personal “Ten Commandments” making your roles conscious assessing your self-image getting your sex life off to a great start cultivating intimacy listening to your self-talk avoiding the blame game how well do you communicate? your top ten needs mind reading how to listen identifying your “hot topics” money talks your spiritual journey becoming soul mates The personal exercises portion is followed by a discussion section: 9 Questions to Ask Before—and After—You Marry. Les and Leslie will help you enjoy lively and eye-opening interaction with each other and with a small group through nine sessions on the DVD (sold separately). The discussion guide, included in this workbook, guides you through an opening exercise, note-taking as you watch the video, linking to the workbook exercises, and group discussion, concluding with an exercise each couple can do together over the next week. Designed for use with Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts Workbook for Men Updated (9780310875710) and Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts Video Study (9780310885436), both sold separately.

How can you make the thorns of your marriage into roses? The conflicts and setbacks in your marriage can become opportunities to love each other more. Les and Leslie Parrott, well-known authors with vast experience in the area of personal relationships, believe that idiosyncrasies and individual differences---how you squeeze the toothpaste tube, how to manage money---can serve to unite marriage partners, as long as they learn constructive confrontation. Change the thorny aspects of your marriage into opportunities to love one another more, while learning how to: Build intimacy while respecting personal space; Use the power of a positive attitude in marriage; Trade boredom for entertainment, impatience for patience, business for time together, debt for a team approach to finances, and much more. Have the courage about deepening your marriage and you will discover how your relationship with God can unite marriage partners in unimaginable intimacy.

You''ve spent years learning how to make your marriage work. Now it''s time to share your knowledge and experience. These marriage mentoring training manuals for husbands and wives equip the two of you to help a less experienced couple arrive at the stability, comfort, and richness you''ve achieved in your own relationship.

"After Nevada, Oklahoma has the highest divorce rate in the nation. Right here in what some describe as the "buckle of the Bible-Belt", marriages are crumbling at an alarming rate. Surprised? You''re not the only one. In fact, you are in the same company as your governor, who is setting about to reduce the number of divorces in Oklahoma by a full one-third in the next ten years!So in an effort to get Oklahomans thinking more seriously about marriage we have compiled this little book of quotes and quips. As you thumb through it, you''ll find all sorts of information--from the lighter side of "where to kiss in Oklahoma" to the more insightful "best marriage advice you''ve ever heard".This may not be the most exhaustive or profound marriage book you''ve ever read, but it just might get you thinking about how you can play a part in helping the Governor and fellow Oklahomans build better marriages in Oklahoma."

To understand your spouse, you''ve got to walk in his or her shoes. Ever feel like you''re stepping on each other''s toes? Then maybe it''s time you put yourselves in each other''s shoes. Of course that may sound uncomfortable. But it''s easier than you think--and it will revolutionize your relationship. In fact, bestselling authors Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott reveal the little-known secrets of putting the time-tested strategy of trading places to work in your own marriage. In this book, chock-full of practical helps and tips you''ve never thought of, you''ll learn the three-step strategy to trading places and, as a result, you''re sure to: Increase your levels of passion Bolster your commitment Eliminate nagging Short-circuit conflict Double your laughter Forgive more quickly Talk more intimately This book also features a powerful, free online assessment that instantly improves your inclination to trade places. Most couples never discover the rewards of trading places. For example, did you know it''s the quickest way to get your own needs met? It''s true! And Les and Leslie show you how. They also disclose exactly how trading places improves your conversations and how it’s guaranteed to fire up your sex life. Truly, your love life and your entire marriage will never be the same after you learn the intimate dance of trading places.

No matter how good your marriage is, it''s not invulnerable. Bad things happen to the best of marriages. The question isn''t whether you''ll face struggles as a couple, but how you''ll handle them when they come. When the going gets tough, what does it take to preserve--and in the long run, even strengthen--your union? Relationship experts and award-winning authors Les and Leslie Parrott believe the same forces that can destroy a marriage can become the catalyst for new relational depth and richness--provided you make wise choices. You can even survive any of the four most heartbreaking crises a marriage can endure: infidelity, addiction, infertility, and loss. The stories and insights of couples who have made it through the worst will encourage you that your marriage is worth fighting for, not just because quitting is so devastating but because the rewards of sticking it out are so great. The Parrotts explain why every marriage starts out good but inevitably bumps into bad things. Then, drawing on their wealth of professional and personal experience as a married couple, they discuss: Three Good Things That Turn Bad for Some Couples One Bad Thing Every Marriage Can Make Better Six Bad Things That Sneak Up on Good Marriages Four Bad Things That Jolt Good Marriages to Their Core How Good Marriages Battle Bad Things In the next-to-last chapter, the Parrotts take you inside the very soul of your marriage--why it so often aches and how a vital connection with God can join your hearts together in ways you''ve never imagined. Designed for use with its accompanying, individual workbooks for husbands and wives, When Bad Things Happen to Good Marriages could be a life saver for your relationship. It can make the difference between a marriage that founders on the shoals of circumstance and one that grows through hardship to release undreamed-of goodness and blessing in your lives.

A third of America’s singles are dating online. Millions of singles find the love of their life through a dating site. So what about you? Do you fear megapixels and modems will take the romance out of finding love? Are you put off by a stigma that no longer exists? Or maybe, with more than 1,000 online dating sites to choose from, you’re wondering who is truly safe and trusted. Whatever your reasons, this easy-to-read book will help you gain confidence in finding love online. You’ll explore: Ways to Avoid Liars, Losers and Freaks Six Ways to Know if Online Dating is for You The Big Myths About Cyber Dating Five Questions You Absolutely Must Ask Before Signing Up Improve your love IQ with the help of relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. Learn the inside information you need to know about using dot.com dating to find your potential soulmate.

From the perspective of a veteran pastor and communicator, Dr. Leslie Parrott describes the function of the usher and provides practical and Scriptural guidelines on how this vital role in the church may be carried out with grace and effciency.

Asegure el éxito de su matrimonio antes de casarse, creado por los doctores Les y Leslie Parrott, expertos en relaciones, es un amplio programa de matrimonio diseñado de forma específica por una pareja para las parejas de hoy. Es más que un simple libro; es una experiencia capaz de transformar la vida. Con más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos, Asegure el éxito de su matrimonio antes de casarse se ha convertido en la norma de oro para ayudar a los prometidos y recién casados de hoy a disfrutar de un amor que dure toda la vida. Esta edición ampliada y actualizada ha sido perfeccionada por años de sugerencias, experiencias personales y lo último en el campo de las investigaciones, haciendo que esta obra sea más útil e informativa que nunca antes. Asegure el éxito de su matrimonio antes de casarse, creado por los doctores Les y Leslie Parrott, expertos en relaciones, es un amplio programa de matrimonio diseñado de forma específica por una pareja para las parejas de hoy. Es más que un simple libro; es una experiencia capaz de transformar la vida. Los doctores Les y Leslie les presentan los secretos para edificar un matrimonio duradero. Así podrás: • descubrir las creencias falsas más importantes acerca del matrimonio • aprender a comunicarse con una comprensión inmediata • descubrir el secreto para reducir y resolver los conflictos • dominar el arte del manejo del dinero • comenzar de una manera excelente su vida sexual • comprender los tres ingredientes esenciales de un amor que perdura • descubrir la importancia de que se conviertan en almas gemelas… y más Haz que tu matrimonio sea todo lo que se supone que sea. Salva tu matrimonio… antes (y después) que comience. Sencillamente, Asegure el éxito de su matrimonio antes de casarse es el medio más popular y comprobado para iniciar un amor que perdurará toda la vida.

Parrott’s insights into key issues for board members make this book required reading for both new and ’seasoned’ board members and pastors. Use these resources to transform meetings into ministry!

This is the participant''s guide to accompany a contemporary curriculum for teaching the basics of healthy relationships, including friendship, dating, families, and relating to God. The manual is designed for anyone seeking to improve their relationships.

A curriculum guide for a six session class on how a married couple can use problems to strengthen their marriage.

Now there''s a practical guidebook for seasoned couples who''d like to apply their experience to assist newlyweds through the ups and downs of the first year of marriage. In this book, Drs. Parrot draw from their expertise and personal insights from marriage to address issues such as establishing good mentoring relationships, helping couples become soul mates, and helping newlyweds manage conflict.

Written by relationship expert Leslie Parrott, this book meets the strong-felt need of new mommies to find and grow friendships during this child-focused season of their lives. She helps readers understand the feelings of frustration behind giving all one''s attention to young children. She details how to find friends who know "mommy speak", how to cultivate mentor moms, and how to balance being a good friend and a good mom.

Rise above mediocrity and become indispensable after working through ten timeless lessons from Scripture. Leadership Lessons: Avoiding the Pitfalls of King Saul is a practical leadership guide that avoids abstract ideas and unproven steps. Instead, biblical studies professor and pastor Dr. Ralph Hawkins along with leadership expert and education professor Dr. Richard Parrott tell the stories of King Saul’s leadership missteps and connect those stories with the challenges facing leaders. In today’s climate of rapid change, intense competition, and moral relativism, find valuable advice that will give your leadership a firm foundation in sound biblical principles. Features include: References to ten sound biblical principles of leadership Examples illustrate how to apply these lessons to your life Action points give you concrete steps to improve your leadership skills Checklists help church, business, and community leaders excel

Imagine the God of the universe whispering in your ear, “What shall we create out of your life that will serve My purpose?” The path of authenticity is not a solo endeavor but a calling to a partnership with God that requires utter honesty, trust, commitment, and wisdom. God guides your path with a two-fold promise, “You know I love you as you are, but together, we can make of your life what I created you to be.” Following the petitions of our Lord’s Prayer, Dr. Richard Parrott examines a family of authentic partners, the family of Abraham and Sarah, their son Isaac, grandson Jacob, and great-grandson Joseph. This fresh telling of the story reveals practical answers to the question, “How can my partnership with God be genuine, mature, and significant?” The Reluctant Journey is an honest and practical guide for relating to God. As authentic Christians, we can live true in Christ and our love for him each day, choosing His best for us so that together, we advance His kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven.” Features include: Truths from the Lord’s Prayer Stories of the founders of our faith Thought-provoking questions for spiritual conversation or reflection

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