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June 24, 2025 54 mins

Dr. Wally shares 6 principles to create a happy, loving marriage.

The Marriage Garden free program co-created by Dr. Wally Goddard

The Marriage Garden book by Dr. Wally Goddard

6 Principles

  1. Personal Happiness and Flourishing
  2. Commit -- making sacrifices & accepting influence. "Soft start-up"
  3. Nurture- (5 Love Languages-- Wally's version is; Show me, Tell me, Touch me, Take time, Understand me)
  4. Understand
  5. Solve Problems *when our hearts are right
  6. Serve and Find a Common Cause

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman

7 Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman (Best for the Solving Problems piece)

Turn Against, Turn Away, Turn Toward

Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott

Invitation: instead of request or demand

Reconcilable Differences by Andrew Christensen, Brian D. Doss, Neil S. Jacobson

Drawing Heaven Into Your Marriage by H. Wallace Goddard

First Principles of Marriage by H. Wallace Goddard

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