Sheila Wray Gregoire - Nine Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage: Because a Great Relationship Doesnt Happen by Accident

In my research with happy marriages, Ive found that happy wives have one thing in common: they know that happiness doesnt just happen. Sheila gives great ideas that challenge our conventional thinking about what goes into a happy marriageand she nails it! Heres to a new generation of happy wives.

F AWN W EAVER , New York Times best-selling author of Happy Wives Club

What a wonderful book! The teaching points are inspiring, and the action steps truly can be marriage-transforming. Many readers will particularly appreciate Sheilas delightful way of challenging conventional wisdom as she offers freshly applied biblical wisdom. One of the best things you could do for your spouse, your children, and your own happiness and contentment in the coming year is to read and apply Nine Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage.

G ARY T HOMAS , author of Sacred Marriage

The truths in Nine Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage hold the power to revolutionize relationships. Sheila Wray Gregoire gives it to us straight: we can be happy, we can have the good marriage that God designed. But first we need to change our thought life. As Sheila challenges pat answers and common misconceptions about what makes a marriage work, she offers an alternate, hope-filled path. Her real-life examples and biblical insights will free you to approach your marriage with a transformed attitude and renewed energy.

S HANNON E THRIDGE , relationship coach, speaker, and author of the bestseller Every Womans Battle

In this lively and engaging book, Sheila doesnt just explode cultural myths about marriage and replace them with biblical truth; she also provides ultrapractical tasks for wives to apply their new knowledge. I love the emphasis on working on yourself first, rather than trying to change your spouse.

S HAUNTI F ELDHAHN , social researcher and best-selling author of For Women Only

Weve all heard the adage, It takes two to make a marriage work. And its true. But with Nine Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage, Sheila Wray Gregoire gives women powerful tools to make a huge difference in their marriages all on their own. Instead of focusing on what our husbands should do, Sheila helps us focus on what we as wives actually can do. Actionable, empowering, and freeing.

K ATHI L IPP , author of The Husband Project

Sheila takes us on a journey of discovering how our personal thoughts may be interfering with our marriage and gives us practical steps on how to make the lasting change we long for and desperately need!

R UTH S CHWENK , speaker, author, and creator of TheBetterMom.com

Sheila wisely helps women think healthy thoughts so they can create a healthier marriage. Think honest, loving, practical, biblical, relevantthose are the kind of wise thoughts Sheila will help you think so you can discover the power to build a love to look forward to living.

P AM F ARREL , best-selling author of Red Hot Monogamy

In Nine Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage, Sheila Wray Gregoire challenges spouses to take the focus off of what their marriage partner is doing wrong and, instead, change their own thought patterns to see their spouse in a whole new light. She is transparent about how her own faulty thinking created struggles early in her marriage, and she celebrates how God redeemed her situation to create the beautiful relationship she now enjoys with her husband.

E RIN O DOM , creator of TheHumbledHomemaker.com

Thought #1
My Husband Is My Neighbor

Thought #2
My Husband Cant Make Me Mad

Thought #3
My Husband Was Not Put on This Earth to Make Me Happy

Thought #4
I Cant Mold My Husband into My Image

Thought #5
Im Not in Competition with My Husband

Thought #6
Im Called to Be a Peacemaker, Not a Peacekeeper

Thought #7
Being One Is More Important Than Being Right

Thought #8
Having Sex Is Not the Same as Making Love

Thought #9
If Im Not Careful, Well Drift Apart