What you will learn in each module!
Each module is broken down into multiple short videos (3-10 minutes) that will teach you valuable relationship skills. Each module has a set of couple worksheets that you will download and complete together.
Module 1 – Introduction: Heart Brain Connection
- How your body responds physiologically and how this impacts how you respond to your partner and others
- How your relationship bond impacts your physical health
- Discover how your emotions, thoughts, and actions impact how your relationship
Module 5 -Value – How kindness and respect can maintain healthy relationships
- Learn a tool to implement when you need to focus on positive characteristics rather than the negative
- Learn fun ways to daily let your partner know you appreciate him or her
- Learn to speak each other’s love language
- Understand the difference between positive and negative responses
Module 2 -Empower your relationship by empowering Yourself
- Recognize stressors
- Identify positive skills to manage stress
- Identify strategies to improve different components of your health
- Spirituality
- Physical Activity
- Nutrition
- Sleep
- Sexual Intimacy and how to maintain passion
- A strategy to communicate about sex and intimacy so you both enjoy sex
- Intimacy vs. sex
Module 6 -Attach – Creating a couple identity that fosters friendship
- Learn how to eliminate distractions and engage in more quality time
- Create your couple identity
- Why it’s important to nurture positive interactions
- Learn what kind of messages are helpful and unhelpful when your partner needs to be supported
- Learn what to say and what to do in order for you both to feel heard and understood
- Understand how certain communication styles may impact how you connect
Module 3 -Lay the Foundation – Identify strategies that lay a strong foundation
- Practical strategies to make your relationship a priority
- Identify your strengths as a partner
- Avoiding distractions from other people and setting healthy boundaries
- Learn day-to-day actions that show you are committed and learn how to share this with each other
Module 7 -Tame – Managing differences and conflict
- How to manage conflict
- Know how you react in times of conflict
- What you should not do during an argument
- Know when and how to utilize a time out during an argument
- Learn the essential rules to a time out
- Know what to say when you return from a timeout by using a the 3 step formula
- The tool you can use to avoid an argument from blowing up
- What it means to ask for forgiveness and examples of what to say
Module 4 -Enlighten – Sharing intimate information with your partner
- What does intimacy look like in your relationship
- A tool and conversation starter to share intimate knowledge to maintain a stable relationship
- A tool to set clear expectations for yourself and your relationship
- Set clear expectations about money
- How to manage money and set financial goals as a couple
Module 8 -Engage – Benefits of social support and building community ties
- The importance of a support network
- How to give back to your community
* Based on ELEVATE Curriculum from National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Model
