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Is your marriage worth it?
We have the power to build a healthy marriage by offering our spouse encouragement rather than criticism. This form of positive communication involves some basic habits: Being intentionally gentle, listening intently, and validating our spouse. Through encouragement, we can bring about change, growth and fulfillment of potential. We awaken the feeling, “Someone believes in me!” You may think of encouragement as praise and reinforcement, but it’s more than that. Praise is limited; it’s a verbal reward. Praise emphasizes competition, has to be earned and is often given for being the best. Encouragement is given freely. It can involve noticing something in a person that others take for granted or affirming something that others notice but never think of mentioning. Encouraging your spouse through positive communication can change his or her entire approach to life. A Marriage Encounter Weekend helps couples simply through better communication.
Marriage Encounter starts with a weekend at a hotel, away from everyday distractions, tensions and commitments including work, children, relatives, sports and TV/ multi-media. The M.E. Weekend is a constructive and personal experience offering married couples an opportunity to learn a technique of loving communication that they can use for the rest of their lives. It’s time to share their feelings, hopes and dreams with each other.
The next CNMI M.E. Weekend is on Nov. 20-22, 2015 at the Kanoa Resort Saipan in Susupe. The cost is $100 per couple and includes two nights’ accommodation, five meals, and all materials. Space is limited to 25 couples. Submit an application form and payment (checks payable to Worldwide Marriage Encounter) to Kanae Quinn at cnmime@gmail.com or sign up online at http://goo.gl/forms/Ftrnk2p8XS. (PR)
