New Releases by Leslie Parrott

In The Star and the Starfish by Leslie Parrott a little star and a lonely starfish discover that everyone has a special light and a unique purpose, reminding children that they are wonderfully made.

Help Build Deeper Connection and Love that Lasts Relationships are the heartbeat of life. Yet, with communication deteriorating and relationships fracturing, there’s never been a more urgent need to invest in building and restoring connections. The 5 Love Languages Coaching Handbook equips you to help. Designed for counselors, pastors, and mentors, this resource offers a proven framework grounded in decades of experience from Dr. Gary Chapman and Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. Inside, you’ll find actionable strategies, real-life case studies, and tools for integrating The 5 Love Languages®, The Love Language That Matters Most, and the new Premium Assessment. The handbook covers core coaching skills, conflict navigation, and personalized plans for guiding clients. Use it as part of the Coaching Certification Program—or on its own. Whether mentoring couples, singles, or those in crisis, this practical resource equips you to lead with confidence and compassion.

The Pivotal Next Step in the Love Language™ Revolution Dr. Gary Chapman has helped more than 150 million people discover their love language. But discovering it is just the beginning. Each love language has dialects—personal and powerful ways love is uniquely expressed and received. Miss them, and even the right language can fall flat. In this long-awaited follow-up, the authors take the world-changing concept of the 5 Love Languages® one step further. They reveal why love often gets lost in translation—and how learning to speak the right dialect at the right time is the key to deeper connection. Whether you’re dating, decades into marriage, raising children, caring for aging parents, or deepening lifelong friendships, this book provides you with the tools to make love personal and truly felt. The love language that matters most is the one your loved one is longing to hear. —Dr. Gary Chapman

Here Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott provide the complete guide to becoming a marriage mentor. They instruct the individuals who guide couples in many different stages of married life through emphasizing working as a team, building rapport, walking in another couple's shoes, and praying together. The book includes three major sections: The Big Picture on Marriage Mentoring, The Marriage Mentoring Triad, and The Essential Skills for Marriage Mentoring, to help churches of any size provide a healthy m

Un descubrimiento revolucionario sobre la comunicación para transformar las relaciones amorosas. Una y otra vez, las parejas nombran «una mejor comunicación» como la mayor necesidad en sus relaciones. El idioma del amor por los Dres. Les y Leslie Parrott, aclamados expertos en relaciones, es un plan profundo pero sencillo que está lleno de nuevas revelaciones que revolucionarán la comunicación en las relaciones amorosas. Los primeros pasos para mejorar este factor tan importante en cualquier matrimonio o relación amorosa son identificar sus factores de miedo, determinar sus estilos de comunicación personal y aprender la mejor manera de interactuar el uno con el otro. A breakthrough discovery in communication for transforming love relationships. Over and over, couples consistently name "improved communication" as the greatest need in their relationships. Love Talk by acclaimed relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott is a deep yet simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships. The first steps to improving this single most important factor in any marriage or love relationship are to identify your fear factors, determine your personal communication styles, and learn how the two of you can best interact.

Un descubrimiento revolucionario sobre la comunicación para transformar las relaciones amorosas. Una y otra vez, las parejas nombran «una mejor comunicación» como la mayor necesidad en sus relaciones. El idioma del amor por los Dres. Les y Leslie Parrott, aclamados expertos en relaciones, es un plan profundo pero sencillo que está lleno de nuevas revelaciones que revolucionarán la comunicación en las relaciones amorosas. Los primeros pasos para mejorar este factor tan importante en cualquier matrimonio o relación amorosa son identificar sus factores de miedo, determinar sus estilos de comunicación personal y aprender la mejor manera de interactuar el uno con el otro. A breakthrough discovery in communication for transforming love relationships. Over and over, couples consistently name "improved communication" as the greatest need in their relationships. Love Talk by acclaimed relationship experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott is a deep yet simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships. The first steps to improving this single most important factor in any marriage or love relationship are to identify your fear factors, determine your personal communication styles, and learn how the two of you can best interact.

#1 New York Times bestselling authors and renowned psychologists Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott share the single most important secret to happy relationships. Relationships are rife with disappointment--but they are also the primary source of personal happiness. So it is no surprise that the number one question Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott hear over and over is, What''s the single most important thing you can do for your relationships? After over twenty-five years of researching, writing, and speaking on this subject, in Healthy Me, Healthy Us the Parrotts have whittled down their answer to the truth contained in this single sentence: if you try to build intimacy with another person before you have gotten whole on your own, all your relationships become an attempt to complete yourself. Relationship skills, tips, and tactics? Sure. They have their place. But meaningful relationships--the kind we all long for--grow from something deeper, something stronger, something that has more to do with being than doing. This groundbreaking book provides the three hallmarks to psychological, emotional, and spiritual health, pointing the way to true and lasting wholeness that can revolutionize every relationship you attempt to build.

The way you spend your time not only defines you as a man, it also defines your marriage and reveals the value of your relationship. Your Time-Starved Marriage Workbook for Men helps you find more time with your wife--and enjoy it more together.

Couples who are stepping on each other's toes should try walking in each other's shoes. Trading Places reduces conflict, deepens your commitment, and helps you live as better friends and lovers. Mutual empathy--the revolutionary tool for instantly improving a relationship--can be learned and practiced, say the authors of this groundbreaking book.

We set off to crack the code for meaningful conversation…a plan that would move our communication from good to great. And we found it. A deep and simple plan for everything a loving conversation has to offer. We call it Love Talk. —Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot This men’s workbook will help you personalize the concepts you encounter in the Parrotts’ book Love Talk and put them to work in your relationships. Inside, you’ll find exercises, assessments, self-tests, tips, applications…all the tools and guidance you need to Identify your personal communication style Understand how it interacts with that of your partner Talk your way to a healthier, stronger relationship Love Talk is like no other communication book you’ve ever read. The fruit of years of research by two foremost relationship experts (who also happen to be husband and wife), this book forges a new path to the heart of loving conversation. You’ll begin by identifying your security need and determining your personal communication style. Then you’ll put together everything you discover to learn how the two of you can speak each other’s language like never before. This very day, you can begin an adventure in communication that will draw the two of you closer, and closer, and close…consistently, in a way that creates the depth and connection you long for in your relationship.

Help little ones understand that God created each part of their bodies so they can enjoy life and everything in it. In this delightful padded cover board book by well-known author and family therapist Leslie Parrott, children can follow along with Toucan––with a great big nose––as he helps them learn God loves each one of them completely.

Você é o melhor exemplo que seus filhos podem ter de uma vida íntegra e feliz. Sabia que, quando escolhe o tipo de pai ou mãe que você quer ser, está, na verdade, decidindo o tipo de pessoa que seu filho será quando adulto? Como em tudo na vida, a maneira de criar seus filhos é uma questão de escolha. Mais que adotar um método, é importante desenvolver qualidades que influenciem positivamente a vida deles e determinem o quanto eles se orgulharão dos pais que tiveram. Les e Leslie Parrott, especialistas consagrados em questões familiares, abordam este importante aspecto do relacionamento conjugal: a criação dos filhos. Com base em anos de pesquisa e experiência, levantaram dez traços que a maioria dos pais quer ver reconhecidos pelos filhos. Cada capítulo é elaborado de maneira que você tenha tempo de fechar o livro para trocar a fralda de sua filha ou levar seu filho ao treino de futebol e depois retomar a leitura com facilidade. O leitor encontrará ainda alguns exercícios de fixação, além de perguntas que ajudarão a desencadear discussões positivas não só com o cônjuge, mas também em pequenos grupos ou com outros pais dispostos a se tornarem os melhores do mundo.

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.

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! With this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before. This is more than a book--it''s an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you''ll ever have. Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, which has been translated into more than 15 languages, is the most widely used marriage prep tool in the world. Why? Because it will help you . . . Uncover the misbeliefs of marriage Learn to communicate with instant understanding Discover the secret to resolving conflict Master the skills of money management Get your sex life off to a great start A compelling video, featuring real-life couples, is available, and with this updated edition, Les and Leslie unveil the game-changing SYMBIS Assessment. Now you can discover how to leverage your personalities for a love that lasts a lifetime. Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage--before (and after) it starts.

Are you missing out on one of the most transforming means to a deeper and more vibrant faith? In Soul Friends, Dr. Leslie Parrott explores the intimate stages of a woman''s spiritual journey while showing you how soul friendships can deepen and enlarge your faith. God brings us soul-friends to help in our spiritual journey, sometimes in predictable places: small groups, friendships, and mentors. But they’re sometimes found in places we don’t expect—these “hidden guides” are people, past or present, whose role in our life may even be hidden from them, but nevertheless, have a deep impact on our growth and vitality. Whether it’s a hidden guide, a member of a small group, or a friend we’ve had for years, these soul-friends all hold the potential to embody grace that enables us to take a next step in the unfolding journey of our faith. Leslie reveals how every woman traverses four stages of spiritual growth—quest, calling, crisis, and communion – again and again. And whatever stage you find yourself traveling right now, you need soul friends to help you move forward When we seize the initiative to connect, together we will form a part of the deep communion that is the sisterhood of the traveling saints, journeying together in our desire to know God, serve him, and love him more deeply. Through story, poem, and reflection, Leslie Parrott reminds each of us of the incredibly intimate, intricate, faith-forming work God does in us through the gift of the women he places in our lives.

Pesquisadores estão descobrindo que uma hora à volta da mesa de jantar pode realmente unir a família e ajudar a criar filhos mais saudáveis e felizes. A Hora Mais Importante mostra como alimentar e nutrir a família através do momento da refeição. Um livro inspirador e prático, repleto das coisas que você necessita para tirar o máximo proveito da hora da refeição, A Hora Mais Importante inclui: •Receitas inéditas •Dicas e idéias de especialistas da cozinha •Fotos das refeições favoritas da família •Dúzias de gatilhos de conversa para manter seus filhos conversando à mesa. Um produto CPAD.

O conteúdo do livro visa a encorajar os usuários de internet a encontrarem seu par romântico ideal pela internet e seus sites de namoro. Milhões de solteiros encontram o amor de suas vidas por meio de um site de encontros. E quanto a você? Sejam quais forem as razões de sua hesitação, este pequeno livro irá ajudá-lo a ficar esperto na hora que detectar seu amor online. Um produto CPAD.

Every day thousands of lemming-like couples charge over the cliff into marriage, foolishly thinking their mate will make them happy. Then what? The Parrotts present a proven, three week “happiness plan” that will dial up the happiness factor in any marriage.

In this updated edition, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott dig below the surface to the depths of human interactions, offering expert advice and practical tools for improving the most important aspect of human life: relationships. Designed for college students, young adults, singles, and dating couples, this cutting-edge book teaches the basics of healthy relationships, including friendship, dating, sexuality, and relating to God. Newly updated and expanded to include the latest research on relationship building and vital information on social networking, it provides readers with proven tools for making bad relationships better and good relationships great. A workbook is also available, which contains dozens of self-tests and assessments that will help readers determine their relational readiness, the health of the home they grew up in, their understanding of gender differences, and much more. Real Relationships and the Real Relationships Workbook furnish an honest and timely guide to forming the rich relationships that are life''s greatest treasure.

Digging below the surface to take you to a whole new level. Offering expert advice and practical tools for improving the most important aspect of human life, this workbook is integral to getting the most out of Real Relationships--Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott''s updated and expanded edition of their classic and bestselling book, Relationships. Containing dozens of self-tests and assessments, this workbook will help you determine: your relational readiness, the health of the home you grew up in, your understanding of gender differences, and much more. Used in conjunction with the Real Relationships book, the Real Relationships Workbook digs below the surface to the depths of human interactions, helping you make your bad relationships better and your good relationships great, taking your life to a whole new level. The Real Relationships book--which includes a FREE interactive online assessment and vital information on virtual friendships and online dating--and Real Relationships Workbook reveal the secrets for healthy, authentic, and meaningful connections. Your relationships will never be the same.

Am I making a difference? Does my life matter? How can I make a difference when some days I can''t even find my keys? asks award-winning author Leslie Parrott. I''ve never been accused of being methodical, orderly, or linear. So when it came to considering my years on this planet, I did so without a sharpened pencil and a pad of paper. Instead...

Through personal stories, honest reflection, and original poetry written straight from her heart, Parrott shares her struggle to remain open to God''s revelations during the demands and chaos of life.

Couples who are stepping on each other''s toes should try walking in each other''s shoes. Trading Places reduces conflict, deepens your commitment, and helps you live as better friends and lovers. Mutual empathy---the revolutionary tool for instantly improving a relationship---can be learned and practiced, say the authors of this groundbreaking book. Their guidance will transform your marriage.

Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help couples uncover and understand the dynamics each person brings into their second marriage, both as a man or woman and as an individual. For use with the Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts DVD (includes seven pre-marriage sessions plus two additional sessions specifically designed to help prepare couples for remarriage), the expanded and updated men''s and women''s workbooks include twenty-eight self tests and a group discussion guide.

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.

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

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.

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

"Pillow Talk" is a devotional gift book with a twist. It offers one month of devotionals for couples to share together at bedtime. Each reading has a short story, a question to talk about, a verse to sleep on and an evening prayer. It''s an interesting, funny, positive, interactive book designed to improve communications in couples.

Two relationship experts offer contemporary findings and the latest relationship-building strategies to help people get in touch with their isolation and loneliness and develop relationships that offer belonging. This open and honest guide aids readers in making bad relationships better and good relationships great.