The Languages of Reconciliation: Learning to apologize and decode... - Gary Chapman

Let those who have never made mistakes raise their hands. These are unfortunately part of the human experience. The consequences of our blunders, on ourselves or on those around us, are not always trivial and sometimes a simple "excuse me" is not enough to restore a relationship.

What if your interlocutor was waiting for other words that would reassure him of your sincerity? In other words, what if you both don't speak the same language of apology?

That's what Jennifer Thomas and Gary Chapman (the author of the bestseller Love Languages) think after a study of how people apologize. Their experiences of marriage counseling have led them to see the misunderstandings that these differences can generate within relationships. Identifying five distinct languages of excuses, they show us through this book how to better understand our own functioning in this matter and decode that of our interlocutors.

The art of sincere apology can not only be learned with ease, but also revolutionize our relationships, breaking down barriers that previously would have seemed insurmountable. The authors give us in this book great life lessons within everyone's reach and help to heal relationships, couple, family, professional, neighborhood, and beyond.

Gary Chapman is a marriage counselor. Gifted and highly appreciated, he leads many seminars all over the world. The series of his books on love languages (intended for couples and parents of children and adolescents) has met with wide success with the French-speaking public.

Jennifer Thomas is a psychologist and marriage counselor.