The Creation of Us: How to Build a Great Marriage Without Losing Yourself

The healthiest marriages embrace unity and individuality. Many couples long for a thriving, intimate marriage. Yet, in reality, they're emotionally distant and functionally independent. Others are so enmeshed that their sense of self is entirely lost. Both, however, fall short of God's design where two become one while still maintaining the fullness of who they are.The Creation of Us mines theology and neuroscience to help couples create unity while retaining a healthy sense of their individual identities. Thompson shows how differentiated parts in a healthy brain work together in harmony. This unity with distinction is also a key to a healthy marriage. Looking to the Trinity, the most profound metaphor for marriage, readers explore the dynamic beauty of personal differentiation and unity.Through biblical insight, psychological principles, and real-world experience, this book equips couples to cultivate a marriage where both partners flourish as individuals and as a couple.Read less