Les Parrott - Trading Places: The Best Move Youll Ever Make in Your Marriage

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Let marriage experts Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you trade up to a great marriage. Trading Places will not only inspire you but will also give you the tools you need to see life through your partners eyes. If youre looking for more understanding, intimacy, and empathy in your marriage, this book is written especially for you. A must-read!

Claudia & David Arp, authors of the 10 Great Dates series.

Trading Places offers a ticket to vastly improved marital intimacy and is well worth the price of admission. The Parrotts trademark use of fascinating and groundbreaking research provides unusual depth and substance. To top it all off, its a delightful read as well.

Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Marriage and Sacred Influence

Les and Leslie Parrott are nothing short of inspirational. Practical and challenging, Trading Places reminded me of the secret of marital happiness and success. A regular dose of the Parrotts writing has done wonders for me personally and for my marriage.

Jim Burns, PhD, president of HomeWord and author of Creating an Intimate Marriage and Confident Parenting

Trading Places by the Parrotts gives couples a road map on how to connect heart-to-heart through experiencing and practicing the art of empathy in their marriage. A must-read.

Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg, Americas Family Coaches, authors of The 5 Sex Needs of Men & Women, cohosts of Dr. Gary and Barb: Your Marriage Coaches, and nationally known speakers

Resources by Les and Leslie Parrott

Books

Becoming Soul Mates

The Complete Guide to Marriage Mentoring

Getting Ready for the Wedding

I Love You More (and workbooks)

Just the Two of Us

L.O.V.E. (and workbooks)

Love Is...

The Love List

Love Talk (and workbooks)

Meditations on Proverbs for Couples

The Parent You Want to Be

Pillow Talk

Questions Couples Ask

Relationships (and workbook)

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (and workbooks)

Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts (and workbooks)

Trading Places (and workbooks)

51 Creative Ideas for Marriage Mentors

Video Curriculum ZondervanGroupware

Complete Resource Kit for Marriage Mentoring

I Love You More

Love Talk

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

Audio

Love Talk

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts

Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts

Books by Les Parrott

The Control Freak

Crazy Good Sex

Helping Your Struggling Teenager

High Maintenance Relationships

The Life You Want Your Kids to Live

Seven Secrets of a Healthy Dating Relationship

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

Once Upon a Family

3 Seconds

25 Ways to Win with People (coauthored with John Maxwell)

Love the Life You Live (coauthored with Neil Clark Warren)

Books by Leslie Parrott

The First Drop of Rain

If You Ever Needed Friends, Its Now

You Matter More Than You Think

God Loves You Nose to Toes (childrens book)

Marshmallow Clouds (childrens book)

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Trading Places

Copyright 2008 by The Foundation for Healthy Relationships

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Epub Edition June 2019 9780310566670

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Parrott, Les.

Trading places : the best move youll ever make in your marriage / Les & Leslie Parrott.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-310-27246-5 (hardcover)

1. Marriage Religious aspects Christianity. I. Parrott, Leslie L., 1964 II. Title. BV835.P37 2008

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To Kevin and Kathy Lunn

A couple adept at trading places,

and a couple we love dearly.

Do you know the single most important secret to a happy marriage?

Do you want to reduce critical comments and eliminate nagging forever?

Do you want to know how to get what you really want starting today?

Would you like to short-circuit conflict before it even begins?

Would you like to ignite more passion in your bedroom?

Are you ready to go beneath the surface for a deeper connection?

If so, youre ready for Trading Places.

Contents

As always, we are so grateful to the following people who make up our publishing team: Scott Bolinder, Bruce Ryskamp, Stan Gundry, Joyce Ondersma, Jackie Aldridge, Mark Hunt, John Raymond, T. J. Rathbun, Jeff Bowden, Michael Ranville, Sandy Vander Zicht, Becky Shingledecker, Sealy Yates, Kevin Small, Bill Dallas, Terry Rouch, and Janice Lundquist. We will never be able to say thank you enough.

More than any other single deficiency, I think it is the lack of mutual empathy which results in sword-drawing in marriage.