Celebrate Lit / December 19, 2019

Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage

About the Book Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage

Book: Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage

Author: Gil Stieglitz

Genre: Christian Non-fiction

Release Date: November 2019

Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage: Pre-Marital and Marital Habits

It’s no secret that couples in great marriages do different things than couples in bad ones.

But what are those things and how do ordinary folks start doing them? How can couples take a struggling marriage or even one that is “pretty good” to one that is, quite frankly, ridiculously great?

Based on thousands of counselling hours and personal practice, Gil Stieglitz spells out the 15 essential habits found in great marriages that aren’t found in difficult ones. Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage provides the short and dirty version of what it takes to have a marriage that is so great, other couples will stand up and notice—they might even call it “ridiculous.”

This book is a real game-changer for engaged couples just starting out, couples who are struggling, or couples who just want to take their marriage from good to ridiculously great. It is also a terrific resource for pastors, ministry leaders, and counsellors who work with couples for pre-marriage and marriage counselling.

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My Thoughts on Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage:

Does anyone think they have the perfect marriage? I know I don’t. That’s why I was excited to review Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage. My marriage isn’t horrible and it’s not falling apart, but you can always work on something. When you stop working to make something better is when you give up on it.

I think this is a great book to gift to couples when they get married to help them get started off on the right foot. But it is also great for old married couples too! My husband and I have been married for 15 years now and I still gleaned wisdom from this book.

It showcases 15 habits that help make a healthy marriage. I like that it was broken up into the 15 habits so you could focus on one and not feel like you needed to keep reading. You immediately knew where the sections started and ended.

When you have children at home you often put them before your spouse. It’s not always intentional of course but it does happen. I’ve seen it happen in my marriage and many others. This book offers a perspective not only on that but on how to change it without feeling like you’ve abandoned your children too. I love that it gives practical advice on how to maintain the relationship and dating of your spouse through this season of busy.

You have to focus on nurturing and protecting your marriage. Think of it as a precious rare animal that needs love to survive. I highly recommend this book to all couples whether newly married or seasoned.

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way. All opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations.

About the Author of Building a Ridiculously Great Marriage

Dr. Gil Stieglitz is a prolific author, engaging speaker, and insightful pastor who has spent thousands of hours helping, coaching, and strengthening marriages. Gil has written over twenty-five books on marriage, parenting, soul development, and spiritual warfare, including top-seller Becoming a Godly Husband, God’s Radical Plan for Wives, and Marital Intelligence. He speaks to thousands of people each year about the wonders of God’s principles.

Gil now serves as Discipleship Pastor at Bayside Church, a dynamic multi-site church near Sacramento, CA. He is on faculty with Principles to Live By, a nonprofit organization that helps people connect to God’s principles in everyday life. He and his wife, Dana, enjoy a ridiculously delightful life in Northern California. For more information, visit ptlb.com.

More from Gil

After thousands of hours of counselling couples for marriage and pre-marital issues, I had a few couples who just wanted to know the very basics of what they needed to do differently to have a much better marriage. These concepts, coupled with some pre-marital counselling I was doing at the time, allowed me to develop a quick and dirty list of the top ten habits couples should develop if they really wanted a terrific marriage. I asked them to trust me in what I was telling them, and they did what I requested. The results were amazing.

For the purposes of this book, I have added five more habits great couples do to make the material even more robust and effective, and I included the exercises I used in my counselling sessions for couples to practice and work out. Think of this book as the low down of what makes a marriage “ridiculously great.” This is the kind of marriage that will constantly surprise you with delight, love, growth, energy, longing, and connection. It is beyond the norm—where you feel like you lucked into this great relationship with this amazing person.

If you showed up in my office and asked me to give you the bottom line, these are the things I would tell you to do. Many people know what they are doing is not working, and they just want to know what to do. These fifteen things are what work…no joke.