Marriage Preparation, Building, or Restoration - as a Team

As you can tell from my reading history, I'm always on the hunt for  looking for practical marriage advice. Not a narrative about what worked for one couple, but advice I can start to implement in my relationship now. I'm so glad I picked this book up.

Full of practical, personal advice from Ashleigh (including many callouts from her husband, Ted), Team Us is a great book for marriage preparation, building, or restoration.

One difference this book offers aside from other marriage books is the "Us" factor. Rather than singularly trying to resolve issues by changing your own behavior, this book helps you see marriage as a team effort. You resolve conflict as a team. You offer grace as a team. You have fun as a team. It makes the effort that much more rewarding. Each of the 10 chapters ends with "Us Time," a section with 5 discussion questions that help apply the chapter's material to your life.

I really liked the tone of this book. Since each chapter is full of personal stories, it's easy to relate to the situations and apply them to your own marriage journey. In a way, this book is a lot like a friend passing on their knowledge of relational shortcomings and pitfalls so you don't have to learn it all from scratch.

This book works great as an individual read, but I believe the most knowledge can be gleaned in reading it together as a team and discussing your findings. This book is a great resource to strengthen relationships and deepen your commitment to one another.

Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.