- Over 11 million copies sold
- #1 New York Times Bestseller for 8 years running
- Now celebrating its 25th anniversary
Simple ideas, lasting love
Falling in love is easy. Staying in love--that's the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life?
In the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, you'll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman's proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner--starting today.
The 5 Love Languages is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work.
Includes the Couple's Personal Profile assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.
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Great Read. Gives great information and easily explains the different types of Love Languages.
Very good advice for learning what's most important for your spouse/significant other, & the same for yourself. Highly recommend reading it together, answering the questions together, & discussing it. Good for deepening friendships too; not limited to romantic relationships. The book may be a little simplistic for complicated human relationships, but definitely worth studying it together. Highly recommended.
Excellent source of information regarding relationships. I use this book in conjunction with a marriage class I teach. When I discovered this book over 15 years ago it changed my perception of the relationships in my life. How can you express love for someone if you don't realize what speaks love to them? Words are simply not enough and actions speak more loudly. Anyone, all ages can benefit from this insight and it can be an investment in the relationship. It's not just for couples ... parents need to know their children's love language as well.
This book is written for couples but as a single person, I still find it to be relevant and helpful to most relationships in my life. The book lays out that, according to this author, there are 5 love languages or ways we express love to others and the way we want love expressed back to us. The author suggests that not everyone understands their love individual language or how to convey their needs constructively to others. When love language needs aren't met, heartbreaking and serious misunderstandings about whether or not they are loved can occur. There is a chapter devoted to each love language, outlining how that language can be missed and how it can also constructively be expressed. The examples are followed by real-life examples of how couples experienced heartache and broken relationships by not understanding each other's point of view (love language) and how many have been able to reconcile by putting the love language practices in place. The basis seems to be that we all have ways we want to receive love and taking the time to understand ours, as well as those in our lives, can make all our lives more joyous.
HPB Staff Review