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  • Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away

  • By: Gary Chapman
  • Narrated by: Chris Fabry
  • Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,443 ratings)

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Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away

By: Gary Chapman
Narrated by: Chris Fabry
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What to do when you feel like giving up

When you said, “I do”, you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended for it to be miserable.

Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn’t have to end there. Dr. Gary Chapman writes, “I believe that in every troubled marriage, one or both partners can take positive steps that have the potential for changing the emotional climate in their marriage.”

Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away, the revised and updated edition of the award-winning Desparate Marriages, teaches you how to:

  • Recognize and reject the myths that hold you captive
  • Better understand your spouse’s behavior
  • Take responsibility for your own thoughts, feelings, and actions
  • Make choices that can have a lasting, positive impact on you and your spouse

An experienced marriage and family counselor, Gary Chapman speaks to those whose spouse is any of the following:

  • Irresponsible
  • A workaholic
  • Controlling
  • Uncommunicative
  • Verbally abusive
  • Physically abusive
  • Sexually abusive
  • Unfaithful
  • Addicted to alcohol or drugs
  • Depressed

Marriage has the same potential to be miserable as it does to be blissful. Listen to Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away to learn how you can turn things around.

©2018 Gary Chapman (P)2018 Oasis Audio
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A must read

Listening to this book was indeed difficult and took months to finally make myself read it! First time I was not having this book thinking I know what I want and I'm just done!! Second time was even harder harder because it hit close to home, a little more than I wanted. Was emotional through the first few chapters. Might want to have your journal and Bible handy and serious prayer time. After that, I stepped away from this book and let go and let God! I have been in a lot of trials and tribulations, this book has given me information I should of had when I knew the issues started. I will again read and take more notes and just apply where needed as I heal and make this work for my marriage. Happy reading!!

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must read

Loved this book! Recommended if you are struggling in your marriage and if you're not struggling read. I feel Gary Chapman books are good refresher books for relationships. I'm. therapist so also a lot from this book can be used in a therapeutic setting. Definitely getting g this book in print.

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All is not lost

I enjoyed the balanced view on understanding another point of view or another's emotions. It is how we navigate the feedback that becomes key. Feedback is also not about failure or right and wrong. It is far more than that. We need to be open to all sorts of possibilities. I am grateful for the personal growth and wisdom that this book has given me.

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Great Read for anyone.

This book is great, goes into detail dealing with everyday issues. Great examples. Everyone should read this book, gives a better insight of how others feel.

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Excellent book on marriage!

Very good narrator, extremely impactful. Provides examples of various situations in a difficult marriage that help you compare and apply to your current situation in order to change things for the better.

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Great info

So helpful and insightful, thank you for writing this and thank you for making an audio version!

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Great read!

Book provides scenarios with real life applications. Incorporating the 5 love languages as a bridge to meet your spouse’s needs.

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Great read

I’m not single but this book helped me get out of a alcohol abusive relationship before it even turned to marriage…. I really enjoyed the stories and the steps to making myself better. I pray anyone who’s struggling gets better. Thanks for writing this book

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Good advice anyway, but very applicable to the situation.

Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Will probably listen again just to absorb all the material that was covered.

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Amazingly accurate

I cried a lot during a couple of chapters in this book that truly hit home. Most of the other chapters had familiar behaviors as well. It has given me hope.

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