{"id":351,"date":"2009-04-12T03:26:51","date_gmt":"2009-04-12T10:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crucible.wpmudev.host\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2020-02-19T21:57:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T04:57:50","slug":"programs-materials","status":"publish","type":"books-articles","link":"https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/de\/books\/passionate-marriage\/programs-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs &#038; Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using wisdom developed through three decades of clinical practice, <strong>Passionate Marriage\u00ae educational programs and materials<\/strong> offer revolutionary ways to approach sex, intimacy, and conflict in love relationships. <strong>Passionate Marriage<\/strong>\u00ae workshops and publications emphasize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New insights:<\/strong> Ground-breaking ways to understand your situation, creating new opportunities to enhance your relationship.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Practical application: <\/strong>Activities and applications that help you change things rapidly and effectively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Passionate Marriage\u00ae programs and materials<\/strong> highlight how common problems with sex and intimacy are really part of an incredible system:<\/p>\n<p>We believe marriage is a natural &#8220;people-growing process.&#8221;\u00a0Sexual boredom, lack of passion, and &#8220;communication difficulties&#8221; are a few of the things that\u00a0drive it. Relationships are shaped by more than unresolved childhood issues, past &#8220;wounds,&#8221; or family-of-origin problems. Emotionally committed relationships become contentious because these growth processes surface in sexual interactions and other intimate exchanges. Love relationships involve two-choice dilemmas: difficult decisions and severe tests of selfhood (&#8220;crucibles&#8221;). For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The person with the least sexual desire always controls sex.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>You can badger your spouse into having sex, but you can never badger him\/her into wanting you.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>One partner can always force the other to choose between staying married vs. maintaining integrity or self-worth.<\/em>Marital problems are not simply situational difficulties to be avoided. Going through these dilemmas makes us capable of deep intimacy, profound desire, and meaningful sex. Unsolvable conflicts and sexual difficulties are midpoints in a healthy relationship, rather than signs of personal inadequacy, incompatibility, or falling out of love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/pm_cover_2.jpg\" width=\"104\" height=\"157\" align=\"left\" \/><strong>Passionate Marriage\u00ae programs <\/strong>show how your relationship with yourself controls intimate connection and sexual desire for your partner. Relying on your partner to give you a <em>reflected sense of self<\/em> (as most people do) limits intimacy and desire. However, this revolutionary approach gives you specific ways to build a <em>solid sense of self<\/em> while getting closer to your partner and more invested in your relationship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/pm_cover_3.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"156\" align=\"right\" \/><strong>Passionate Marriage\u00ae materials<\/strong> decode the &#8220;language&#8221; of sex, revealing how sexual interactions say a lot about you, your partner, and your relationship. They emphasizes intimate and emotional connection during sex rather than focusing on &#8220;touch techniques.&#8221; Better sex doesn&#8217;t automatically create a better relationship, but the personal growth required to enhance sex and intimacy also improves marriage in other ways. Learning to maintain yourself in your marriage improves all your relationships.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-lft img-140 alignleft size-full wp-image-350\" style=\"float: left; clear: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/pm_cover_4.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"156\" \/>Passionate Marriage\u00ae programs and materials<\/strong> emphasize life-long sexual development rather than merely curing desire problems or sexual dysfunctions. People get better in bed as they get older. Most people never reach their sexual potential, and those who do are generally into their 40s, 50s, and 60s. You are more capable of an intensely intimate sexual relationship as you mature (become <em>more differentiated<\/em>). The Passionate Marriage\u00ae Approach honors the strength it takes to love on Life&#8217;s terms. This no-nonsense adult approach harnesses the natural processes of marriage to help you become truly capable of loving.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/product\/passionate-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Order Passionate Marriage Now at Amazon.com!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17535,"parent":8316,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[69],"class_list":["post-351","books-articles","type-books-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-passionate-marriage"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate.jpg",800,1199,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-100x150.jpg",100,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-200x300.jpg",200,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-768x1151.jpg",768,1151,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-683x1024.jpg",683,1024,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate.jpg",800,1199,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate.jpg",800,1199,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-100x150.jpg",100,150,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/book_passionate-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.crucible4points.com\/de\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Using wisdom developed through three decades of clinical practice, Passionate Marriage\u00ae educational programs and materials offer revolutionary ways to approach sex, intimacy, and conflict in love relationships. 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