| We (Relationship/Marriage Coaches Susanne M. Alexander and Craig A. Farnsworth) have confidence that you can learn the knowledge and skills to start your relationships and marriages on a strong and positive foundation. Divorce can become a rare statistic with the help of great relationship and marriage preparation and ongoing marriage strengthening activities. This skill-based education is a vital foundation for the transformation of relationships and marriages.
One area we especially encourage you to focus on is character. It will support you in being in an excellent relationship and successful marriage if you know the qualities you each have developed in your life, such as truthfulness, trustworthiness, courage, kindness, compassion, and many more (buy our book, Can We Dance?, for details). Character exploration is a key focus during courtship and marriage preparation as well (buy our book Marriage Can Be Forever—Preparation Counts!) Once you are married, you can then encourage the ongoing develoment of these qualities together (buy our book, Pure Gold, for details). Your ability to effectively practice these qualities will affect every aspect of your lives together. See our affiliated website, www.characterquality.com for information on character for companies and organizations.
Relationship and Marriage Preparation Process
Whether you are marrying for the first time, or you are re-marrying,
creating a lasting marriage rich with love, intimacy, support,
and spirituality is possible when you take the time to prepare
for marriage by taking these actions:
Y Establish
a great friendship with someone
Y Know the character
of your potential marriage partner
Y Extensively explore compatibility and common goals
Y Build spiritual bonds and practices
Y Understand expectations
Y Learn communication
skills
Y Establish equality
between you and your partner
Y Stay closely connected
to your parents and build family unity
Y
Practice chastity
and abstinence
See our Important Concepts page for explanations of some of these.
Marriage Enrichment Process
If you are already married, ongoing education
and strengthening are vital. This is especially
true at key transition points, such as:
Y When the
sense of being on a honeymoon wears off
Y Becoming parents or stepparents
Y Becoming parents of teenagers
Y Empty-nesting
Y Beginning retirement
We invite you to be committed to having a great marriage,
protected by faithfulness, and sustained daily with loving words
and actions! To do this, you will need to learn excellent communication and character skills.
To Assist These Processes, We Offer:
Y Informative books and resources for individuals, couples, and parents, with a special focus on character
Y Exciting tools for transforming relationships and marriages
Y Interactive, one day, weekend, and week-long relationship, marriage preparation, and marriage workshops
Y In person and over the phone relationship coaching
Y And much more...
The Marriage
Transformation Project strives to educate and
empower people to create happy, lasting, character-based
marriages. As a social and economic development project, we
believe marriage
education, which is learning in action through
reading, practicing skills, and participating in educational workshops
is an important and vital step to having a lasting marriage. We encourage relationship and marriage education to become part of the culture of every family and community around the world.
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