» View all Book Reviews THE DNA OF RELATIONSHIPS FOR COUPLES, Dr. Robert S. Paul and Dr. Greg Smalley   Available Now!   The Storybook Solution for Your Marriage. On behalf of the National Institute of Marriage, I am excited and proud to announce the availability of our newest book, The DNA of Relationships for Couples.  Building on the basic principles found in, The DNA of Relationships, Dr. Greg Smalley and I set out to write a book unique to the world of relationship books.  We designed this book to accomplish two things.  First, we wanted it to appeal to people who love to read books on relationships, but also to people who might never even consider buying or reading such a book.  Secondly, we wanted to write a book that brought the readers into a real-to-life story rather than just present lots of concepts and an occasional illustration.  We have consistently found that no matter how well we present our material in book form, people have a significantly easier time understanding the concepts when they learn them in relation to the story of someone’s life, especially their own.  We are excited to say that we feel we have accomplished both and have written a book that can help couples who are struggling in their marriage and couples with a good or great marriage that want it even better. The DNA of Relationships for Couples walks you through one of our Couples Intensives with Greg and I guiding you and our four couples through an amazing journey of hope and transformation.  You’ll witness these four couples experience relational breakthroughs that we are privileged to see occurring everyday as their marriages are changed from ones of struggle, disappointment, and pain to marriages they are all thrilled with. The book begins by introducing you to these couples who are either in the process of considering going to an intensive or are already on their way, and walks you, the reader, with us through the whole journey.  They all are facing their own unique challenges.  You’ll meet Rodney and Chelsea who are dealing with an array of disappointments and unmet expectations.  Then there is Dr. Ryan and Becca, a high society couple dealing with a marriage turned upside down by infidelity.  Charles and Victoria have drifted apart over the many years of their marriage and have been unable to recover from a family tragedy.  And finally you’ll meet Pastor Todd and Pam, who came to fix who they thought was the problem, only be set free by discovering the real underlying issues that have robbed them of much of the joy in their lives. Throughout the story we introduce key concepts, principles and strategies.  In order to make sure you get the full benefit of those ideas we periodically pause the story for a moment to allow you to have a “Talk with the Doctors.”   We briefly explain the concepts to make them more usable and then return to the story right where we left off.   We also present the model that we use in our intensives, but was not included in the original DNA book.  This model shows you the four simple steps to move from being stuck in the fear cycle to finding your way home to the marital Promised Land. We hope you enjoy reading our new book as much as we enjoyed creating it.  This is the closest thing we’ve found to actually being there, and we pray that it helps scores of couples realize how totally committed our Lord is to us have exciting and fulfilling relationships.  We also hope it assists you in identifying any obstacles that you have in His way so you can be fully available to receive all He has for you, and keep moving you toward the marriage of your dreams. Written by: Dr. Robert S. Paul, Co-President, National Institute of Marriage   » View all Book Reviews