Hosts: Kenneth H. Patey & Sharon Patey
Marriages Made in Heaven Don't Need to End Up in "Hell"!

Sad, isn't it!  What is it that destroys the spark or puts out the flames of love?  Just as critical, how can fires that have gone out, or are nearly out, be rekindled?  Have you ever wondered why your ability to communicate is being lost?  Or why nearly everything you say is somehow misunderstood or twisted by your spouse?  Life's experiences, unless viewed through a base-line of principle, lead to the positioning of faulty communication filters in each of us.  And just as filters on cameras lenses can cause false images on the retinas of cameras, so faulty communication filters is US can cause us to see and hear messages differently than they are intended.



Part 1: Understanding Conflicts & Getting to Root Causes
Nothing is more of a shock or more heart-breaking than to discover shortly after marrying that the one to whom you have committed yourself is NOT the person he/she appeared to be.  We thought we were compatible, that our beliefs and values were the same, that we were "equally yoked, etc.  How did we MISS the cues that should have told us we were walking into a relationship that was NOT what we expected it to be?  What part do our families of origin play in this?  There ARE reasons, and they can be understood and changed.

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Part 2: Five Fundamental Relationship Laws That Make a Difference
This lecture introduces a new set of filters-PRINCIPLES-which, when put in place, increases the probability that each party will not only hear what is REALLY being said, but can communicate more accurately themselves.  What appear to be insurmountable obstacles to the reawakening of warm relationships are more frequently found to be misperceived molehills.

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