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Featured course

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Two couples also seem more relationship-ready when they're equipped with the right tools. This course is based on the New York Times best-seller by Dr John Gottman, and it's grounded in over five decades of research with real couples.

If you're engaged, wanting to enhance your relationship, or trying to find your way back after a difficult season, this course will give you practical, proven strategies that genuinely work.

Two Saturdays $550 per couple Workbook included
Why take this course

What you'll gain together

Better communication

Learn how to talk and truly listen, turning conflict into understanding and connection.

Deeper friendship

Rekindle the fondness, admiration and everyday closeness that keep love alive.

Practical tools

Walk away with proven, easy-to-use strategies for handling conflict and life's challenges.

Course outcomes

By the end of the weekend, you'll be able to…

Each principle builds on the last, giving you a complete, practical toolkit for a stronger relationship.

  • Build detailed "love maps" of each other's inner world
  • Nurture fondness, admiration and gratitude
  • Turn toward each other instead of away
  • Manage conflict with respect and repair
  • Solve solvable problems and soothe gridlock
  • Create shared meaning, rituals and dreams
Course testimonials

What couples say

★★★★★

Just thinking of the impact you and Robert have had on our marriage and family because we changed the dynamic of our whole house. Thank you!

KPK & PMarried couple
★★★★★

This course was the best thing we could have done, coming up to our wedding and giving us important strategies to help solve problems in years to come. Thank you so much!

TNT & NEngaged couple
★★★★★

It feel this course was great timing for where we are in our relationship and feel newly blessed we could be part of it. Thank you for your time, skills, hospitality and having us in your lovely home.

HDH & DRecently married