The Journal for Us: 10 Conversations Every Couple Needs to Have

The Journal for Us will give you a hopeful outlook, a game plan, and the guidance you need to enjoy the happy and healthy marriage you long for.

In this journal, which can be read alongside The Fight for Us, Rebekah and Gabe Lyons help you improve intimacy, connection, and understanding in your marriage by guiding you through the ten most important conversations every couple needs to have. It's normal for couples to experience tension in everyday encounters but not always get to the root of why they feel so disconnected, which can lead to unnecessary hurt on both sides.

In The Journal for Us, Rebekah and Gabe offer biblical wisdom and encouragement, as well as practical guidance on how to reflect, process, and discuss your relationship with your spouse in ways that make your marriage stronger.

With guided direction, inspiring quotes, thoughtful reflection questions, and plenty of writing space, you and your spouse will learn to communicate and work through the critical conversations every couple must navigate to enjoy a healthy marriage. From topics like your deepest longings and childhood experiences to sex, money, health, careers, parenting, conflict, and faith, you will realize that you are not alone in charting the course for how your marriage will remain resilient under pressure.

Through this journal experience, you'll be given the tools you need to:

• Deepen your friendship and intimacy as a couple
• Understand why you fight, how you fight, and what you fight about so you can learn to fight for what matters most
• Learn how God designed you to function both individually and as a couple
• Reflect before you talk, start the conversation, and discover each other's perspectives
• Set goals and rhythms that help you to effectively communicate your needs and listen with understanding
• Learn how to move forward in unity

Your marriage is worth fighting for. But sometimes you can't see anything past the strain and struggle. Don't lose hope! Use this journal as the powerful resource it is to help you and your spouse move toward the stronger, deeper marriage you've been longing for. When you learn to fight for what matters most, you will thrive--not just survive--in your marriage.

Rebekah Lyons is a national speaker, host of the popular Rhythms for Life podcast, and bestselling author of Rhythms of Renewal, You Are Free, and Freefall to Fly. An old soul with a contemporary, honest voice, Rebekah reveals her own battles to overcome anxiety and build a healthy, thriving marriage—and invites couples to fight for and boldly pursue the marriage God has called them into. Alongside her husband, Gabe, Rebekah finds joy in raising four children, two of whom have Down syndrome. Her work has been featured on The TODAY Show, Good Morning America, CNN, FOX News, Publishers Weekly Starred Reviews, and more.

Gabe Lyons is the founder and president of THINQ Media, an organization that equips thought leaders to create conversations that lead to wisdom in every area of society. Gabe is the host of the UnderCurrent podcast and cohost of Rhythms for Life with his wife, Rebekah. His books include Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme (2016), The Next Christians: The Good News About the End of Christian America (2010), and unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity…and Why It Matters (2007). Described as “sophisticated and orthodox” by the New York Times, Gabe’s work represents a timeless yet current perspective on faith’s role in culture and has been featured by CNN, the New York Times, Fox News, and USA Today. He and Rebekah, a bestselling author, national speaker and mental wellness expert, have four children and live in Franklin, Tennessee.