ABOUT US
Believe you are worth having the type of marriage you have always dreamed of.
Marriage is not a template. Dare to envision what you both want together.
Marriage isn't easy, but with the right intentions it can be more than you ever expected.
MY STORY
As a Marriage Foundation Strategist, my journey started in the last place anyone wants to find themselves – sitting across from a divorce lawyer, wondering how my "Happily Ever After" ever spiraled out of control.
It's only at that moment that I realized that Marriage Is Indeed a Legally Binding Contract. I was surrounded by paperwork that would officially end my marriage, and I asked myself a question that would change everything: "What could I have done better?"
When I got married, I thought everything was going to fall into place naturally, a natural progression in life. I had friends who seemed happily married at the time, I passed all the quizzes in Cosmo Magazine with flying colors and now I was in love – what else could I need?
Well it all got complicated and confusing much sooner than I ever expected. And so, I began reading everything I could get my hands on. I spoke to anyone who would talk to me about the truth of marriage. I studied relationship psychology, communication patterns, conflict resolution and even volunteered at a women’s shelter to help me understand where the majority of couples go wrong.I found that most marriages don't fall apart because couples stop loving each other, but because couples lack access to critical marital education, relationship skills, and strategic planning needed to make things work long-term. We were never taught that marriage needs a plan, a vision and goals. We hesitate to have conversations that would answer so many of our doubts and fears.
But here's another truth that nobody tells you: Love is supposed to be your foundation, but it's not the whole house. You still need to build the walls, the support beams and the roof. You need to create systems that protects that love you found.
It's crazy how in today's world, we start off marriage with: Established careers, Financial portfolios, Personal brands, Professional networks, Individual life goals, and often, with relationship baggage. It's like merging two successful companies rather than starting a brand new venture together. The complexity of sustaining a happy marriage is extraordinarily higher.
And on top of that, we're dating people from all over the world with different upbringings, and beliefs, different operational methods and contrasting mindsets.
This alone convinced me that the only way to help these couples who think they are ready for marriage, was to build awareness through Marital Preparation and Marital Planning.
Couples need to identify and talk about the important parts of marriage that usually get overlooked or swept under the rug.
This program was designed to not only help you understand what your getting into - but for you to realise that marriage can be anything you want it to be - for the both of you. And we left nothing out.
Build a life that's so meaningful you'll one day look back and say, "Wow, we really built this together."
"Finding balance between being a couple and staying myself used to keep me up at night, especially after seeing what happened to my mom in her marriage. But this program changed everything for us. My fiancé and I sat down and actually wrote out what matters to each of us personally, not just what we want together.
Last week, he completely shuffled his work schedule to show up for my art show—exactly the kind of support we'd talked about. It meant the world to me. I love that I can keep being ME and still be part of US."
Sue & Ronald
"Money talks were always so awkward for us - we'd get tense and change the subject. This program finally gave us a way to talk about our finances without getting defensive or shutting down. I was honestly shocked to learn my husband's debt wasn't as bad as I'd built it up in my head. The real game-changer was just having those conversations in the open.
We bought our first big-ticket item together last week. It was so drama-free! I'm actually sleeping better at night now that money isn't this scary monster hiding in the corner of our relationship. My sister asked what changed between us, and I couldn't stop talking about this program!"
Janis & Peter
