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Married Couples
Growing and Strengthening Your Marriage |
You've come through friendship, dating, courtship, and engagement, and you are making your life together. Many people view their wedding as a destination, when it's actually a new beginning. It's all part of the journey into marriage that continues for the rest of your lives together. Whether you are newlywed or have been married for years, growing and strengthening your marriage should always be a priority. Never take each other or your marriage for granted!
Strengthening your marriage -- creating marriage transformation -- can happen in a number of ways. Bonding, meeting each other's needs, increasing sexual intimacy, building your friendship, and encouraging each other's character development are all very important steps to making a rock-solid and happy marriage. Couples in happy marriages contribute to the unity of communities around the world and are the foundation for strong, happy families.
Hopefully, you both were able to prepare before marriage, but what you learned during preparation also needs continued reinforcement to keep you passionately growing and serving one another, your family, and humanity.
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Are you having fun together? Are you maintaining your friendship? Are you encouraging each other and working to balance your emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and physical aspects of married life? Are you interacting as respectful and equal partners? Are you strengthening your characters? Each couple is unique, but these basic questions remain some of the most important to ask. We are committed to supporting you in having a happy and successful marriage.
This page is your place for resources, helpful links, materials, and information about how to strengthen your marriage and keep it built to last. Marriage transformation is a process, but it's a process that can change your lives for the best.
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Making Time and Service Choices
(General audience edition and Baha'i Faith editions) |
| Note: These modules are in no particular order. Each one takes approximately 2-3 hours for a couple to go through thoroughly. Many couples find it most effective to study the content with or be guided through it by a coach or counselor. These are part of a series that are under development. |
Coaching
For couple coaching to help you assess your marriage and move you forward in a positive direction,
or if you have any questions,
please contact Susanne M. Alexander, Marriage Coach:
Email her at susanne@marriagetransformation.com
Call or text her at 423-599-0153 (US Eastern Time Zone)
Books for Married Couples Looking
to Strengthen Their Marriage |
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In-Person and Online Education
Contact us to discuss possibilities and find out about workshops for
unmarried individuals and couples:
at upcoming events
Helpful links to resources for married couples include:
Simple Marriage - articles and thoughts about
keeping marriage simple and functioning well; Susanne M. Alexander is a guest columnist
Couple Checkup - Assess your relationship and
identify your strengths (a service of PREPARE-ENRICH);
Note: The assessment that Susanne does with couples she is coaching
is from the same company but much more detailed.
Baha'i Faith Marriage Help
Funny Marriage - stories, videos and articles about
how marriage can be seriously funny!
Also, read and subscribe to receive helpful articles and advice on
marriage and relationships on the Articles page
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