Sometimes as you’re helping a couple through their managed mini-conversations, especially with the easier topics, things go so easily as to make the exercise seem unnecessary.  Their written responses to […]

When you send a couple home to have their own conversations, you always check in with them at the next appointment.  The reason, of course, is to find out where, […]

As we’ve said in the book, the point of the preparation process is not to enforce rules that must be observed in every conversation, but to help couples communicate more […]

One of the most enjoyable aspects of doing premarital preparation is the opportunity to work with couples before negative patterns and bad habits become set in stone.  There may be […]

In the second mini-conversation between the couple, you are asking them to take turns expressing to each other the questions they had after reading each other’s responses on a particular […]

In Preparing Couples, we’ve given you a detailed but flexible structure for coaching couples through mini-conversations about things that matter.  Sometimes, the conversation might stray; they start with one topic […]

Here’s a common scenario.  You’re coaching a couple through a conversation.  At one point, you make a comment, say, to the bride-to-be, ask her a question.  Naturally, she responds to you […]