From Knowing to Doing: Making Love Languages Work

February 24
32 mins

Episode Description

This is the practical episode. Now it’s time to take everything we’ve learned in this series with Dr. Chapman—and actually use it.

After breaking down what the love languages are (and what they aren’t), Dr. Gary Chapman joins me and John in the final conversation of our Love Languages series, to show us how to put them into practice in real life. 

We’ll break down what he calls the dialects of each love language—the specific ways love is expressed, received, and often misunderstood. Because knowing the language isn’t enough if you’re speaking it in a way that doesn’t land.

We also dig into how love languages show up with kids, and how to recognize what our children are actually asking for.

If you’ve ever thought, I’m trying—but it’s not working, this is where it finally clicks.


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Listen in to learn more 

[0:00:00] Why This New Love Languages Book Exists: Dialects + Personality

[0:02:53] Dialects Turn Generic Love Languages into a Personal “Master Class”

[0:06:03] Words of Affirmation: Encouragement, Appreciation, and Compliments

[0:09:34] Quality Time, Gifts, and Acts of Service: Getting the Dialect Right

[0:19:40] Physical Touch and Acts of Service: Customizing Love for Your Family


In this episode, we are digging into the personal ways people give and receive love, the difference between encouragement, appreciation, and compliments, practical ways to spend quality time with your partner, different kinds of gifts loved ones may enjoy, what acts of service and physical touch look like in different contexts, and why it is important to know the dialect of your partner’s love language. 


LINKS

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Get his new book: The Love Language That Matters Most 

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