Cover of The Five Love Languages

Book · 1992 · Spouses

The Five Love Languages

by Gary Chapman · Recommended by 4 people on 4 podcasts

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I think it's talked about but not even talked about enough is Gary Chapman's five love languages It seems so simple but it literally changed my marriage.
Paul Brunson · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Oct 2022 Listen at 26:49

What they say about it

Grouped from 12 mentions
  • Changed my marriage“literally changed my marriage”
    2
  • Framework for relationships“frameworks that I like to use”
    2

The best things said about it

4 of 12 · every mention
Recommended
And Don said if you haven't I suggest reading the five love languages and he says I'm not going to try and summarize it but some people are very gift based in the way that they show and receive love.
Jonathan Mendonsa ChooseFI · Jun 2023
Recommended
Yeah one of the things like Frameworks that I like to use for relationships is I don't know if you've ever read the five love languages by Gary Chapman.
On the show ChooseFI · May 2023
Discussed
When you're talking about financial independence there's a lot of peer pressure around how you should be spending money.
On the show ChooseFI · May 2023
Discussed
This book has helped bajillions of people.
Dr John Delony The Dr. John Delony Show · Mar 2024

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Why people recommend it

The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman is a popular relationship guide that categorizes emotional communication into five distinct styles for giving and receiving affection. The book received widespread praise across multiple podcasts, including ChooseFI, where a listener named Don and host Jonathan Mendonsa discussed how understanding love languages—such as gift-giving—can profoundly transform personal relationships and financial discussions. Mendonsa enthusiastically recommended the book, calling it game-changing and providing links in the show notes, while co-host Jillian Johnsrud also cited it as a foundational framework for relationships. Paul Brunson appeared on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett to champion Chapman's work, declaring that the seemingly simple concept literally saved and transformed his own marriage. Additionally, Jay Shetty referenced Gary Chapman's relationship models on On Purpose, and Dr. John Delony discussed the book on his own show, acknowledging its massive popularity and positive impact while noting that its frameworks should be applied thoughtfully rather than treated as rigid absolute rules. Across these episodes, podcast guests and hosts emphasized the enduring value of learning your partner's specific emotional language to foster deeper connection, improve communication, and resolve interpersonal conflicts effectively.

Every mention

12 counted mentions · 2 passing or ad reads below
Jonathan Mendonsa and Don said if you haven't I suggest reading the five love languages and he says I'm not going to try and… 2
Recommended
“and Don said if you haven't I suggest reading the five love languages and he says I'm not going to try and summarize it but some people are very gift based in the way that they show and receive love”
Recommended
“I'll link to it in the show notes I couldn't agree with what he said more but I think that you can have those two conversations beside each other without saying that either of them is wrong and just look for the heart of what we were trying to get across”
Paul Brunson I think it's talked about but not even talked about enough is Gary Chapman's five love languages it seems s… 2
Recommended
“I think it's talked about but not even talked about enough is Gary Chapman's five love languages it seems so simple but it literally changed my marriage”
Recommended
“I think it's talked about but not even talked about enough is Gary Chapman's five love languages It seems so simple but it literally changed my marriage”
Jay Shetty and there's actually a really good book on this by gary chapman and i think it's called the four seasons of… 2
Discussed
“some of you know gary chapman's five love languages”
Recommended
“and there's actually a really good book on this by gary chapman and i think it's called the four seasons of love or the four seasons of marriage or relationships”
Dr John Delony and then I know this book has helped bajillions of people and I don't have necessarily have a problem with… 1
Discussed
“and then I know this book has helped bajillions of people and I don't have necessarily have a problem with the ethos of it the five love languages book but the problem is that book has become etched and concrete”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker5
Recommended
“and Don said if you haven't I suggest reading the five love languages”
Discussed
“so one I just added in was about the five love languages it's not something you would really talk about in a financial literacy class but when you're talking about financial Independence there's a lot of peer pressure around how you should be spending money”
Recommended
“yeah one of the things like Frameworks that I like to use for relationships is I don't know if you've ever read the five love languages by Gary Chapman”
Discussed
“and over the last several months I have heard Brad mention no less than four times the impact of one book The Five Love Languages”
Discussed
“I know I've found this by reading the five love languages in the last year or two”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“Have you read the book the uh five love languages or five languages of love”
Passing
“the difference at the Amazon store is that for the opening the section included a few of Jeff bezos's own favorite titles um including the five love languages by Gary Chapman and traps by his own wife McKenzie Bezos”

Portraits from Wikimedia Commons: Jay Shetty, Steven Erle / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).