130: Dr. Les Parrott on The Plan You Need to Improve All Your Relationships

The last two weeks here on the show with Dave and Ann Wilson have been explosive. You guys have been talking about those episodes all over the place, and for that, I’m so grateful. This week, I want to take a deeper dive into the practicality of love. What does it look like in disagreement and misunderstanding? How do we love when it seems as though everyone and everything is against us? And how do we love when we don’t feel loved ourselves? This week, our guest is no stranger to relationships. In fact, he’s one of the most trusted voices on relationships in America. Meet Dr. Les Parrott.

Dr. Les Parrott, along with his wife, Dr. Leslie Parrott, are a husband-and-wife team who not only share the same name, but the same passion for helping others build healthy relationships. Les is a professor of psychology at Northwest University and he and Leslie are founders of the Center for Healthy Relationships on the campus of Olivet University. Married in 1984, the Parrotts bring real-life examples to their speaking platform. Their professional training—Leslie as a marriage and family therapist, and Les as a clinical psychologist—ensures a method that is grounded, insightful and cutting-edge. As #1 New York Times best-selling authors, their books have sold over two million copies in more than two dozen languages, and include best-selling and Gold-medallion winner Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before — and After–You Marry.

That said, pull up a chair, and lean into this conversation, because after having done so, you’re going to have a simple plan to improve all of your relationships–with family, friends, coworkers, and even strangers.

Buy the Books

In this down-to-earth, practical new book, #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Les Parrott provides a simple plan to improve all of your relationships–with family, friends, coworkers, and even strangers. Dr. Parrott takes the latest findings from psychology and sociology and blends them with biblical teaching to reveal five transformative ways of relating to people demonstrated by Jesus himself: be mindful, be approachable, be grace-filled, be bold, and be self-giving. Each chapter contains a self-assessment, and the results will aid your growth and help you revolutionize your relationships. Buy Love Like That: 5 Relationship Secrets from Jesus now.

 

More than a million couples can’t be wrong! And with this updated edition of their award-winning book, Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott help you launch lifelong love like never before. This is more than a book—it’s an experience, especially when you use the his/her workbooks filled with more than 40 fun exercises. Get ready for deeper intimacy with the best friend you’ll ever have.

Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before — and After — You Marry, in more than 15 languages, is the most widely used marriage prep tool in the world.

• Uncover the misbeliefs of marriage
• Learn to communicate with instant understanding
• Discover the secret to resolving conflict
• Master the skills of money management
• Get your sex life off to a great start

A compelling video, featuring real-life couples, is available, and with this updated edition Les and Leslie unveil the game-changing SYMBIS Assessment. Now you can discover how to leverage your personalities for a love that last a lifetime. Make your marriage everything it is meant to be. Save your marriage—before (and after) it starts. Buy Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask Before — and After — You Marry now.

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