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Why Your Wife Doesn’t Feel Loved (Even When You’re Trying)

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Jan 12, 2026
In this engaging conversation, Gary Chapman, a renowned marriage and family counselor and author of The Five Love Languages, shares profound insights into the complexities of love in relationships. He explains why good intentions often miss the mark. Chapman discusses the impact of childhood wounds on love expressions and emphasizes identifying each child's unique love language. The duo also tackles the critical skill of empathy, modern distractions in quality time, and the importance of selfless love over manipulation, all aimed at fostering deeper connections.
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INSIGHT

Love Languages Explain Emotional Misses

  • Gary Chapman says people often sincerely love but miss each other emotionally because they're speaking different love languages.
  • Learning and speaking a partner's language fills the "love tank" and renews the marriage.
ADVICE

Love Starts As An Attitude

  • Choose an attitude of sacrificial love and ask God for wisdom to meet your spouse's emotional needs.
  • Consistently speak her love language and expect slow but likely reciprocation over months.
INSIGHT

Dialects Matter Inside Each Language

  • Chapman highlights dialects inside each love language and the role of personality in how love is received.
  • The love language that matters most is your spouse's language, not yours.
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