Love in Every Season
Understanding the Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
An Invitation to Love Well Through the Four Seasons
Every relationship goes through four life-changing seasons that play a pivotal role in taking your relationship to the next level. But depending on how you navigate each season, your relationship will either strengthen and grow, or it will slowly begin to fade.
Maybe your relationship is in the first blooms of spring, when friendship takes root and attraction blossoms.
Maybe you’re in the season of summer, and things are starting to heat up—spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
Maybe you’re deep in fall, and your true colors are starting to shine through.
Or maybe you’re in winter, when the passion cools down and it would be all too easy to let the relationship freeze over.
Whether you’re single, dating, engaged or married, join author, counselor, and relationship expert Debra Fileta, creator of TrueLoveDates.com, as she takes you on an eye-opening psychological and spiritual journey through the four seasons of every healthy relationship. You’ll learn to… Recognize each season as it comes and navigate it with intention, focus, and practical steps.Avoid the pitfalls of each stage by preparing for the hard moments and seeing them as opportunities to grow and connect. Celebrate not just the magical moments of each season, but the day-to-day choices that pave the way for a lasting relationship. No matter what your relationship status, you’re invited on a journey to strengthen and grow your love in every season.
Customer Reviews
Some good insights for those who are married
Fileta proposes an interested theory about seasons in relationships being cyclical. I am not sure it applies to marriage, though. Seasons in marriage tends to be stages, rather than cyclical. If you remain married to the same partner for your lifetimes, it is not really possible to circle back to Spring to do it all over again. The skill is avoiding the traps that each season brings and embracing what the season adds to the marriage. The author does a good job of calling out those traps and how to either avoid or get out of them.
My only concern is with the author's treatment of the topic of sexual connection. I found that her discussion of sex inside of marriage relies more on pop psychology that on Biblical truth. She does not even touch on God's purposes for sex. Without that foundation, the suggestions tend to be human-centered.