Weekend Marriage Seminar Reviews

The only “man-friendly” seminar that is fun and enlightening – The laugh your way to a better marriage weekend event

Typically, men have no intention of getting “stuck” in some marriage seminar for two days.

That’s the reason I highly endorse Mark Gungor’s Laugh Your Way To A Better Marriage weekend event.

I’ve personally been to several of these events and I’ve watched men react. Most men laugh non-stop and make this comment, “If I’d of known it was this good, I’d have done this a lot sooner.”

Mark Gungor presents his hysterically funny way to teach couples how to be happily married, all around the country. You can find his appearance schedule online.

Mark is a good friend of mine and one of the most sought after speakers on marriage and family in the country who is growing increasingly popular on a GLOBAL scale.

He teaches thousands of couples each year.

Mark’s down to earth, practical approach teaches biblical principles for marriage, but adds humor by the truck load. Couples who leave the two day event are amazed at how laughing drives home the learning and takes the threat out of what had become a hostile relationship.

Retrouvaille

Another alternative marriage weekend seminar called Retrouvaille (pronounced ret-tro-vi with a long i) has been responsible for turning around hundreds of marriages in trouble over many years. If you want to know what to expect from Retrouvaille, here is some feedback that was posted by someone who attended a Retrouvaille event in response to the question,”What can I expect from a Retrouvaille marriage weekend?

“It’s been several years for me since Retrouvaille weekend. Basically there is about 3 or 4 couples and a priest leading the weekend. The couples are past Retrouvaille attendees who went through a weekend just like you will be.

A couple will give a talk referring to their own struggles in marriage (or the priest at times), discuss “dialogging” a written way of communication they will teach you, and give you a question to dialogue on.

Each partner goes to a separate area to respond to the question in a provided notebook, the note books are exchanged privately and you have a short discussion about each other’s response (also in private -I believe it’s about 10-20 minutes if I remember correctly.)

Then you return to the main area for another talk and it continues in the same pattern. The hosting couples and the priest are also available for private discussion with you and your husband, or either one of you alone if you are having struggles you need assistance with.

Marriage friendly therapists

If you absolutely want to see a therapist through an in-person office setting, Dr. William Doherty developed a website called marriage friendly therapists that lists PRO- marriage therapists across America.

Marriage Books

• Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
• The Case For Marriage by Waite & Gallagher
• 10 Great Dates by David & Claudia Arp
• Between Two Worlds by Elizabeth Marquardt
• The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein, Julia M. Lewis & Sandra Blakeslee