Marriage Fundamentals — Basic Course
Foundational Principles. Includes the Marriage Fundamentals Introduction Course. Start with a Marriage Satisfaction Self-Test and see where you are. Learn to create SAFETY, embrace change, upgrade your communication skills and improve your listening skills.
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About This Course
The Marriage Fundamentals — Basic Course is the foundational, 18-lesson video course for couples ready to go beyond the free Introduction and start building real skills together — safety, “I” messages, love languages, navigating change, setting shared goals, and listening well.
Prerequisite: the free Marriage Fundamentals — Introduction course. As the courses build on each other, we recommend completing them in order.
Who Is This For?
- Couples who finished the free Introduction and are ready to build real skills together
- Couples who want a structured, self-paced curriculum they can work through as a couple
- Anyone ready to invest in foundational communication and change skills before going deeper in the Advanced Course
What You’ll Learn
18 lessons — safety, “I” messages, love languages, the elements of change, goal-setting, expectations, anger management, and a full arc of listening skills (Listen/Listen/Listen → 10 Listening Skills → Reflect/Reflect/Reflect).
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
Why Marriage Matters (Benefits of Greater Health and Wealth)
A grounding look at why investing in your marriage pays off well beyond the relationship itself — research consistently links strong marriages to better health and financial outcomes.
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How do I know if I married the right person?
Reframes a common source of doubt: "rightness" is less about who you picked and more about the skills and intention you both bring to the relationship going forward.
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Safety Goal Process
Introduces the Safety Goal Process — a structured way to make your relationship feel emotionally safe enough for honest, vulnerable conversation.
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"I" Messages in Safe Communication
Teaches "I" messages — owning your own feelings and needs in conversation instead of triggering defensiveness with blame-shaped language.
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Love Languages and Communication
Connects the five love languages to day-to-day communication, so affection actually lands the way it's intended.
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3 Elements of Change
Breaks change down into three elements couples can use deliberately, rather than waiting for change to happen by accident.
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Elements of Change in a Family Setting
Applies the same change framework to the family system as a whole, where habits and roles are harder to shift alone.
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Motivation and Pain
Explores how pain and motivation interact — why couples often wait for things to hurt enough before they're willing to do the work of change.
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Be Kind, Rewind, and Practice
A practical habit-building lesson: notice an unhelpful reaction, "rewind," and practice a kinder response until it becomes natural.
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4 Myths About Marriage
Names four common myths about marriage that quietly set couples up for disappointment, and what's more accurate instead.
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Real Relationship Goals
Helps couples define relationship goals that are actually theirs, rather than borrowed from culture, family, or comparison.
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Win/Win Goals
Shows how to set goals as a couple so that progress for one partner doesn't come at the other's expense.
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Expectations
Surfaces the unspoken expectations partners carry into marriage and why naming them defuses a lot of avoidable conflict.
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Upgrade Language
A vocabulary shift: swapping out language that escalates conflict for language that keeps the conversation constructive.
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Anger Management
Practical tools for recognizing anger early and channeling it without letting it damage the relationship.
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Listen, Listen, Listen
Makes the case that most communication problems are listening problems first — and sets up the two lessons that follow.
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10 Listening Skills
Ten concrete listening skills you can start practicing in your very next conversation with your spouse.
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Reflect, Reflect, Reflect
Closes out the Basic Course with reflective listening — mirroring back what you heard so your partner feels understood, not just heard.
Ready to strengthen your marriage?
Start with our free introduction and discover how better communication can transform your relationship.