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A review by suzanne28
The Five Languages of Apology: How to Experience Healing in All Your Relationships by Gary Chapman
4.0
It took me a while to read this book because it’s a lot to process and the writing is sometimes a bit dry. BUT I learned so much. Starting to put the apology languages into practice has been super helpful in my marriage and other relationships. I’m going to reread the chapter on teaching children to apologize when I am a parent one day. And as someone who is often very harsh with herself, I appreciated the inclusion of apologizing to and forgiving yourself. Something I’m going to be thinking a lot more on.
Helpful exercise: at the end of each of the chapters that described the 5 languages, Chapman includes several examples of how to apologize in that language. My husband wasn’t reading the book, but when I reached those examples, I would read them to him and asked if he liked any of them. Then I’d tell him if any of them felt sincere to me. That helped us find out each of our love languages and start putting them into practice.
Also note: saw a lot of reviews about Chapman’s faith being included in the book (more than some of his others) and just wanted to say you don’t have to be a Christian to read this book. Christian theology on forgiveness informs some of what he has to say on the matter of forgiveness, but apologizing is universal.
Helpful exercise: at the end of each of the chapters that described the 5 languages, Chapman includes several examples of how to apologize in that language. My husband wasn’t reading the book, but when I reached those examples, I would read them to him and asked if he liked any of them. Then I’d tell him if any of them felt sincere to me. That helped us find out each of our love languages and start putting them into practice.
Also note: saw a lot of reviews about Chapman’s faith being included in the book (more than some of his others) and just wanted to say you don’t have to be a Christian to read this book. Christian theology on forgiveness informs some of what he has to say on the matter of forgiveness, but apologizing is universal.