You're listening to Family Talk, the radio broadcasting division of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I am that James Dobs commitment, and mutual support.

But after the wedding bells fade and everyday life takes over, many couples find themselves struggling

to maintain that connection they once had.

On today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we're going to revisit a classic

conversation featuring your host, psychologist, and best-selling author Dr. James Dobson's family talk, we're going to revisit a classic conversation featuring

your host, psychologist and best-selling author Dr. James Dobson, and his guest, Dennis Rainey.

Dennis Rainey was the leader of family life and is the best-selling author of more than two dozen

books, including one titled, Building Your Mates Self-Esteam.

In a fascinating survey of over 17,000 married couples,

Dennis Rainey discovered something surprising.

Building a spouse's self-esteem ranked as their number one need,

even above communication, intimacy, or parenting concerns.

So today's conversation will explore why this matters so much

and how you can strengthen your marriage starting today.

Here and now is Dr. James Dobson to introduce our guest today here on Family Talk.

When I say Dennis Rainey, I'm sure the lights go on all over the country

because people have enjoyed your seminars. You are a graduate

of Dallas Theological Seminary. For those who haven't taken one of those seminars, which I

strongly recommend, describe exactly what you do. You bring people together in a hotel very

inexpensively and very good hotels, don't you? Explain how you do that. Well, it's called

a Family Life Conference, and it's subtitled a weekend to remember, and we really believe it is

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