Welcome everyone to Family Talk. It's a ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute,

supported by listeners just like you. I'm Dr. James Dobson, and I'm thrilled that you've joined us.

Marriage is a beautiful gift from God, and yet one of the most common challenges couples face is ineffective communication.

While it's often easy to speak to friends or other family members, why does talking with our spouse sometimes feel so difficult?

Well, on today's edition of Family Talk, psychologist and best-selling author Dr. James

Dobson is going to tackle this very important issue with relationship experts, Dr. Les and Leslie

Parent. They're joining us here in studio today. This husband and wife team brings unique

credentials to our conversation. Both hold doctoral degrees, and together they co-founded the Center for

Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University. The parrots have authored numerous best-selling

books, including Love Talk, Speak Each Other's Language like you never have before,

which is the focus of our discussion on today's program. They'll also share practical insights

they've gained through their professional

work with thousands of couples as well as their own multi-year marriage journey as well, more than 20-plus

years and still going and growing strong. If you've ever found yourself frustrated by communication

breakdowns with your spouse, well, today's program offers hope and practical guidance as well. You'll discover

why many couples struggle to connect deeply and what you can do to create meaningful conversations

that truly bring you together as a couple. Well, here now is Dr. James Dobson to welcome our guests

for today's edition of Family Talk.

Thank you. our guests for today's edition of Family Talk. Lesson, Leslie, you are very, very busy people.

Just going over this bio, we've spent half the program already.

I'm kind of tired just listening to you.

We had the tag team in order to

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