Marriage Fundamentals — Advanced Course
Going Deeper. Deeper understanding of the concepts learned in the Basic Course. Learn about Self-esteem, Surviving & Thriving. Understand forgiveness, learn ways to reduce anxiety, improve communication skills and plan 4 kinds of dates.
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About This Course
The Marriage Fundamentals — Advanced Course goes deeper into self-esteem, forgiveness, anxiety, tone of voice, mid-life pressures, dating your spouse, and a closing marriage inventory — 20 lessons for couples who’ve built the foundation in the Basic Course and are ready for more.
Prerequisite: Marriage Fundamentals — Basic Course (which itself follows the free Introduction). As the courses build on each other, we recommend completing them in order.
Who Is This For?
- Couples who finished the Basic Course and want to keep building
- Couples ready to work on self-esteem, forgiveness, and anxiety together
- Anyone who wants the full toolkit before deciding whether to add 1:1 coaching
What You’ll Learn
20 lessons — self-esteem, changing emotional states, automatic negative thoughts, forgiveness, reducing anxiety, tone of voice, mid-life pressures, 4 types of dates, and a closing marriage inventory.
The first lesson is a free preview — start there before enrolling.
14-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Register now and enjoy a 14-day money back guarantee! If you aren’t completely satisfied during the first 14 days, we will refund your payment, no questions asked.
Course Lessons
- 1 Video Free Preview
A Short Definition of Self-Esteem
A quick, workable definition of self-esteem to build on through the rest of the Advanced Course.
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Survival Self vs Thriving Self
Contrasts operating from a "survival self" (reactive, protective) with a "thriving self" (secure, generous) in how you show up for your spouse.
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What do you do when a loved one seems to be stuck in "bad wolf" mode?
Practical guidance for responding when your spouse seems stuck in a defensive or destructive pattern, without matching it yourself.
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Changing States — Part 1 & Part 2
A two-part lesson on shifting your emotional state on purpose, instead of staying stuck in one that isn't serving the relationship.
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A.N.Ts: Automatic Negative Thoughts
Identifies Automatic Negative Thoughts (A.N.Ts) — the reflexive, distorted thoughts that quietly poison how you interpret your spouse.
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Control and Harmony
Examines the trade-off between trying to control outcomes and cultivating harmony — and why only one of those actually works long-term.
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Greet the Day with Love
A simple daily practice for starting each day from a place of love and intention toward your spouse, rather than reacting to whatever comes first.
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5 Steps to Forgiveness
A five-step process for working through forgiveness after a spouse has caused real hurt.
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Reducing Anxiety (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
A three-part lesson on reducing the anxiety that so often shows up as tension, withdrawal, or conflict in a marriage.
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Birds of a Feather Flock Together
Looks at how the people and influences you surround yourselves with shape your marriage, for better or worse.
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Balance and Care
On balancing self-care with care for your spouse — neither one should come entirely at the expense of the other.
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Voice Tone Effects to Improve Your Relationship
How tone of voice can carry as much (or more) meaning than the words themselves, and how to use that deliberately.
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Men v. Women: What They Want
Explores common differences in what men and women tend to want and need from the relationship — and where those differences are more alike than they first appear.
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2-Way Emotions
On making emotional expression a two-way street, so both partners feel safe sharing rather than just one.
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Mid-Life Crisis
Addresses the pressures a mid-life crisis can put on a marriage and how couples can navigate that season together instead of apart.
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Net Forward Ratio
Introduces a simple way to track whether your day-to-day interactions are, on net, moving the relationship forward or backward.
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4 Types of Dates: Basic level and Advanced Level Dates
Four types of dates — from basic to advanced — to keep intentional connection a regular habit, not an afterthought.
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Zero Point Field and Marriage Harmony
A concept for returning to a neutral, grounded baseline together after conflict, rather than staying activated.
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Expectations: "Creeping Zero"
Revisits expectations through the lens of "creeping zero" — how a baseline of what feels normal can quietly drift without either partner noticing.
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Marriage Inventory
Closes the Complete Course with a marriage inventory — a chance to take stock of what you've built and decide what's next.
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