Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: couples workshop for all couples

The seven principles for making marriage work is a workshop designed for all sorts of couples, from the engaged, newly married, or senior couples.  Couples will learn the skills to work through conflicts, build connections, and form lasting friendships.  This workshop will be 6 hours over two days online.  It will be offered September 10th and 11th each day starting at 9:00am and ending each day at 12:00pm.   I am offering discounts for early registration.  For $25 off the code is earlybird.

Day 1: 

The truth about happy marriages

What does make marriage work?

Enhance your love maps 

Turn towards each other instead of away:  Stress reducing conversation 

Coping with your partner's sadness, fear and anger

Day 2: 

Solve solvable problems 

Sooth yourself and each other (lecture)

Self-soothing: class exercise 10 minutes 

Overcome gridlock

Review of flooding and soothing 

Overview nature of dreams

Detecting dreams 

Working on a gridlock issue (lecture)

Exercise: Working on a gridlock marittal issue (couples exercise)

Creating shared meaning 

Lecutre on all pillers 

Exercise: using four pillers to create shared meaning 

Afterward: now what

Lecture: The magic six hours