Setting Your Marriage Up For Success

Building a passionate, long-lasting marriage takes time and effort. Many couples are not mentally and emotionally prepared for the different seasons of marriage. There is a false concept of what marriage is, possess little life skills on how to successfully manage the eventualities that occur, thinking that it is okay to overlook certain attitudes and behavior in their partner because they are "in love." Thoughts of their partner wholeheartedly changing and committing once we get married.

After the wedding, the couple soon realizes that it takes more than love to make their marriage work. Feelings of frustration, hurt, regret, sadness, disillusionment occur with contemplation of annulment, separation, or divorce which can be costly in time and finances.

Studies show that couples who prepare for their marital success by attending a premarital program experience both short and long-term advantages in the quality of their relationship. Their understanding of each other increases, and a take-charge value that pays off significantly in creating the kind of marriage you desire, rather than just allowing unpreparedness or "whatever" attitude to take over. Thus the percentage of couples succeeding in marriage is much higher. 

I work with the engaged couple to assess their reasons for marriage, uncover unhealthy attitudes or behaviours that have the potential to destroy their relationship, educate and build their capacity for a happy and rewarding marriage; in a fair-minded, non-judgmental and confidential space. 

As a result, the couple feels relieved, hopeful, supported, and committed to the entire process of creating their marital success.