Strengths Based Marriage

Build a Stronger Relationship by Understanding Each Other's Gifts

By: Jimmy Evans, Allan Kelsey

Narrated by: Steven Roy Grimsley, Jason Blain Carson

Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Marriage expert Jimmy Evans and strengths expert Allan Kelsey show listeners how to have a happier, stronger marriage by applying the concepts from the popular StrengthsFinder assessment to their relationship.

One of the biggest obstacles to a happy, strong marriage is a lack of understanding of yourself and your spouse. With Strengths Based Marriage, MarriageToday cofounder Jimmy Evans and Gallup-certified strengths coach Allan Kelsey give listeners the tools they need to dismantle that hurdle and develop a deeper and richer relationship. Applying the revelatory concepts from the popular Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment to marriage, Evans and Kelsey break new ground in helping listeners understand themselves and others. Utterly practical and deeply insightful, the book covers topics like stopping the cycles of pain, speaking love to your spouse's heart, and secrets of successful marriages. Strengths Based Marriage will forever change the way you see yourself, your spouse, and your marriage.

©2016 Jimmy Evans and Allan Kelsey (P)2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers

Cannot Locate the Bonuses

This is a great resource, but it would be great to have the link to the strengths finder test, and the two hour video ready for download, rather than having to mine the book in its entirety to find these items. I'm on Chapter 14 right now, and I am uncertain if I inadvertently missed the links to these items, or if I should continue listening, hoping they'll show up,

Enlightening

Loved it and will listen again! I also have the print copy. I hope to get my husband to upgrade to reveal his 34 strengths soon.

Great material

I listen to audio books a lot. The cringe factor for me on this book was the guy that initially read and did the reading for the other author that was not Jimmy Evans. Jimmy Evans reader sounded good and was easy to listen to. The other reader sounded to much like the weather alert notification person when you go into a truck stop and they have the national weather advisory channel playing over the intercom. I actually stopped listening to the book for a couple months because I couldn't stand his voice. I endured through it after my fiancé mentioned she was listening through it and wanted both of us too.

Every couple should read this book!

Great book! The authors explain the importance of knowing each others strengths using Clifton's Strengths Assessment & how to use them to strengthen or repair your relationship.

Excellent! Wish I had 30 years ago.

This is a must listen to... it will improve troubled, okay and good relationships with spouse, family, work and others!

Good book

I enjoyed this book and how it aligns the strengthsfinder results to marriage relationships, but I’m concerned it doesn’t address what most almost-failed marriages need. Most marriages that are not working well have major issues that need to be dealt with before we can start respecting each other’s strengths. Jimmy gives the example of putting golf before his wife; this is an issue he fixed before their marriage could be fixed. The book seems to make it seem like if we just look at each other’s strengths we can turn our marriage around, but what about the issues that aren’t being addressed? No matter what strengths there are, unaddressed issues will eat away at the marriage and we will attempt to save our marriage by focusing on our strengths in vain. I would have liked to have seen a little more self-reflection strategies in here based on strengths and weaknesses before addressing how we should just respect each other’s strengths. Once respect is lost, it’s hard to get it back without addressing the issues that caused it to diminish. Just saying we should respect each other’s strengths does not work when it’s hard to respect someone who has done things to lose this respect in the first place.
I did enjoy the book though. I appreciate the two viewpoints of each author in their field of expertise. It was easy to listen to and think it can be really helpful in building marriages where issues have first been addressed.
Maybe I’m wrong in my opinion, I just don’t feel very hopeful in how successful it will be. I am going to try it out though.

I loved this book!

I loved the book because I learned a lot about my own behavior and my spouse's. The strengths based questions are very well conducted. The narrators are very fluently and inteligeble.

Good but a little disappointing

I know Jimmy's voice from tv so it was quite distracting that he wasn't the one reading it. Also, the book isn't as useful without the expensive Strength Finder's Test.

Best Marriage Book... ever!

This is truly one of the best marriage books ever. It covers many topics at just the right levels with two critical perspectives. It has begun such a significant transformation in our marriage. I hope it does so in yours!

Amazing, wish I had this 20 years ago

a must read for every couple that wants the best life now. simply uncovers who you are so you can intentionally live the rest of your life and marriage on purpose