Part 1: All About Character
Introduction ~ Creating New Hope for Marriage
1 ~ The Gold Mine: Transforming Your Marriage
What is Transformation? • Stages of Development • Dealing with Reality
2 ~ 24 Karat Gold Nuggets: Digging Deep into Character
Developing Character • Many Character Qualities • Assessing Your Characters • Handling What You Find • Vital Qualities in Marriage
3 ~ The Gold Standard: Affirming Your Friendship
Friendship in Your Marriage • Qualities of Friendship • Character Friendship
4 ~ Golden Treasure: Taking Time to Talk
Describing Consultation • Supporting Effectiveness • Consultation Topics • Supportive Structures and Practices • Communication Skills in Consulting • When Agreement is Difficult • Ongoing Development
5 ~ A Gold Key: Learning by Listening
How to Listen • Conscious Listening • Listening Challenges
6 ~ Refined Gold: Influencing and Supporting One Another
The Value of Influence • Refining Character • The Influencing Process • Maintaining Harmony
7 ~ The Golden Rule: Sharing the Positive
Character Quality Language • Appreciation, Affirmation, and Encouragement • Five Love Languages • Balancing Toward the Positive
8 ~ A Gold Star: Giving and Responding to Feedback
Complaints and Criticisms • Ensure a Positive Outcome • When You Trigger Emotions • Ways to Influence • Making Requests • Stopping Character Attacks • Motives
9 ~ Gold Rings: Interacting Qualities
Misusing Character Qualities • Balancing or Moderating Qualities • Misusing Dominant Qualities • Misusing Creative Imagination • The Missing Quality • Decisions Follow Events • Responding to Misuses
10 ~ Solid Gold: Building Intimacy
Vulnerability • Intimacy Through Communication • Physical Closeness • Shared Experiences
11 ~ A Golden Gift: Uncovering Sexual Oneness
Character Qualities and Sex • Care in Touching • Having Children • Discerning Standards
12 ~ The Gold Medal: Creating a Lasting Union
Staying in Action • A Spiritual Connection
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Part 2: Encouraging Character Qualities
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