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 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 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 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 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 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 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 8 -Engage - Benefits of social support and building community ties 

• The importance of a support network 
• How to give back to your community 

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 * Based on ELEVATE Curriculum from National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Model