Lesson 2: Emotional Support in Marriage
Welcome back to Lesson 2! Last week we started off our program by discussing the foundation of friendship in marriage. Along with building a strong friendship bond in your marriage, it’s also important to sustain one another emotionally. This week we will be talking about the importance of emotional support in marriage. This concept was introduced to us in a marriage class through Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Shapiro in the book called, “Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work.” This book is a New York Times Bestseller and has sold over a million copies. Completely researched based, this book will break it down on how to be a better spouse. These guys really know their stuff, which is why we feel the concept of emotional bank accounts is so important when expecting your first child. Here is Rachael’s real life example: With each of my pregnancies I would go through this phase that my husband referred to as ‘the crazy nesting phase’. Nesting ...