My name is Andreia, I’m 26 years old and I’ve been married for 2 years. You “demolished” my beliefs about marriage. That’s right! Your teachings – that we should bulletproof our marriage from any attempt to destroy it – is controversial, because we are in an era where a marital union is not of paramount importance.

Since I began watching your show on TV, I have formed a better understanding about this concept, because deep down it sounds unreal, such as the fact that Renato always leads with the answers and Cristiane appears to merely add-on her opinion. Through this, man portrays an air of leader and woman portrays an air of being submissive and discrete.

I decided to test your teachings, and implement the advice we receive daily on your blogs, and TV and radio programs. As a first approach, I decided to scrap every pre-conceived thought I had about marriage and start from scratch. I acquired a more feminine posture, becoming more virtuous and discreet, like Cristiane teaches us. Things such as: allowing my husband to take control of our marriage, being more gentle with him, doing things he enjoys, giving him my total attention and love, respecting his space, showing more interest in his decisions, giving in completely on several different occasions. Do you know what was my result? My marriage was simply R-E-S-T-O-R-E-D.

There are no words to express how grateful I am to you for bringing such great changes to my life. Please, never stop helping us with your advice and guidance. You are not only fighting against the philosophies of this world, but you are teaching us how to live in it and be happy. You are “building up” my convictions about marriage.

Andreia de Jesus