Welcome to Your Premarital Guidance Journey!
Below is the map of our Premarital Guidance journey. You will refer back to this page at certain points during our journey together.
Below you will find 3 different downloadable workbooks. You may print them out (one for each of you), or if you have a journal to use, you can use that and save the workbook on your phone or computer for the journal prompts.
Get started right away, or wait until the week before your session. Break it into bite-sized pieces, or do it all at once. Fit your personality and energy level, but remember, the more effort you put into this work, the more your marriage will benefit.
Before you begin..
I suggest setting the stage each time you work. This alerts your mind that you are about to work on something important.
- Shut off any distractions.
- Find a comfortable place to sit.
- Light candles, make some snacks, and set the mood for an enjoyable evening with the love of your life.
- Take some deep breaths, setting your intention for the experience.
- Begin.
I strongly encourage you to do this work together in a shared space when possible, but if not, that’s okay too. Make this your own - in fact, see if there is a tradition you can start, getting together to do personal growth work together or just connecting one on one.
(NOTE: this page is only for couples that I'm working with and is hidden from public view, so if you navigate off this page, you will need the original link to get back here. Also - please don't share with others.)
If you get stuck at any point, feel free to email me at [email protected]
Setup Work
GOALS: Complete steps required to set off on this PMG Journey!
STEP 1: Schedule your Virtual Session Date Here
STEP 2: Check your email for an email from SYMBIS with a link to take your assessment.
STEP 3: Take your SYMBIS Assessment (takes about 30 Minutes)
STEP 4: Move to the Pre-Session section below and download your first workbook!
STEP 1: Schedule your Virtual Session Date Here
STEP 2: Check your email for an email from SYMBIS with a link to take your assessment.
STEP 3: Take your SYMBIS Assessment (takes about 30 Minutes)
STEP 4: Move to the Pre-Session section below and download your first workbook!
Pre-Session Work
GOAL: Get your mind and heart open and ready for adventure.
2-3 Weeks Before Session: Download PMG Workbook - Pre-Session - Print or save to your computer
1-2 Weeks Before Session: Sit down together for 1-3 hours and work on the workbook together.
1 Week Before Session: Move to The Session Work section below and download PMG Session Notes.
2-3 Weeks Before Session: Download PMG Workbook - Pre-Session - Print or save to your computer
1-2 Weeks Before Session: Sit down together for 1-3 hours and work on the workbook together.
1 Week Before Session: Move to The Session Work section below and download PMG Session Notes.
The Session Work
GOAL: Achieve self-discovery and relationship connectedness like never before!
1-7 Days Before Session: Download PMG Workbook - Session Notes for your convenience. You can use them during our session printed as a notebook or save it to your phone or computer to use for journal prompts.
Session Day: Use the How to Prepare for my Session guide to prepare for your session. Use Google Meet link found in your confirmation emails and reminder emails to access our call.
After Session: Plan for a delicious meal and relaxing evening together - you have worked hard.
1-7 Days Before Session: Download PMG Workbook - Session Notes for your convenience. You can use them during our session printed as a notebook or save it to your phone or computer to use for journal prompts.
Session Day: Use the How to Prepare for my Session guide to prepare for your session. Use Google Meet link found in your confirmation emails and reminder emails to access our call.
After Session: Plan for a delicious meal and relaxing evening together - you have worked hard.
Post-Session Work
GOAL: Gain further insights from topics discussed during session, by taking them deeper.
1 Week After: Download PMG Workbook - Post-Session
1 Week After: Set aside an afternoon to complete the exercises in the Post-Session Workbook.
2 Weeks After: Email me at [email protected] to share with me your top 3 AH-HAHs from your PMG Session.
3 Weeks After: Generously take a few moments to write an honest (and glowing!) review on Google.
1 Week After: Download PMG Workbook - Post-Session
1 Week After: Set aside an afternoon to complete the exercises in the Post-Session Workbook.
2 Weeks After: Email me at [email protected] to share with me your top 3 AH-HAHs from your PMG Session.
3 Weeks After: Generously take a few moments to write an honest (and glowing!) review on Google.
Resources for Your Journey
As you continue forward in your marriage journey, you may continue to do this relationship work on your own. Here are some resources & teachers who may assist you:
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Dr. Nicole LaPera - Known on social media as, "The Holistic Psychologist," Dr. LaPera has been on the forefront of a modern movement in emotional and mental health to take things into our own hands, identifying the patterns within that usually run our lives and doing the work necessary to hear your authentic self underneath all that noise. This work is imperative to being able to connect with your beloved authentically.
How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal From Your Past, and Create Your Self |
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Gary Chapman - author, speaker, counselor--has a passion for people and for helping them form lasting relationships. He is the creator of the 5 Love Languages we often see referenced throughout popular culture.
5 Love Languages; The Secret to Love That Lasts John Gottman - a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute, he has studied the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over the course of many years. His findings, and his heavily attended workshops, have already helped thousands of marriages. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work |
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Don Miguel Ruiz - author of The Four Agreements, A Practical Guide of Personal Mastery (if you haven't read that - please do!) followed up with, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship.
Ruiz also did an Audible Audiobook with Heather Ash Amara which I have found super sage, called The Art of Showing Up: Bringing Your True Self to All Your Relationships One Question a Day - is a great little journal to begin a daily practice of connecting with each other to continue the conversation. The neat thing about this is that you can see how your answers evolve over three years. |
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