Your Marriage Needs More AWE: Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement 💖

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement in building a strong foundation for marriage.

If you want a good foundation in your marriage for those problem-solving, conflict-solving, tension-resolving conversations, you need to build rapport and connection first with AWE: Affection Warmth Encouragement This concept is developed in Jim Burns' book Creating and Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance through Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement. In this episode, you'll learn examples for how to pour in more AWE in your marriage with affirmation and gratitude, non-sexual touch,...

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Bartel

Topics covered

• marriage
• affection
• warmth
• encouragement
• relationship advice
• conflict resolution

Keywords

• marriage
• AWE
• affection
• warmth
• encouragement
• relationship
• conflict resolution

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Creating and Intimate Marriage: Rekindle Romance through Affection, Warmth, and Encouragement

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