Everyone who gets married wants the marriage to be happy and healthy. And when the marriage is happy and healthy men, women and children do better on every single positive social outcome.
But while everyone wants their marriage to be happy and healthy, the reality is that for ALL couples, as in 100% of couples, there will be times when the marriage is not happy and not healthy.
The good news is that just like researchers have found that there are things you can do that can significantly increase your chances of being healthy physically and mentally, the same is true for marital health.
In the Science of Healthy Marriages series of workshops we will teach you the research based skills and insights to help you to form and sustain a happy and healthy marriage. The workshops will be mostly based off of the book, 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage by David and Claudia Arp. This book has been used by hundreds of thousands of couples to help strengthen their marriages. The 10 Great Dates program has been researched in California, Florida and Tennessee and each time the researchers found it significantly helped strengthen the marriages of couples.
You can read the first chapter in the book and download the workbook pages by clicking here.
You can also watch the first date from the video based program below. If you would prefer to complete this program on your own you can purchase the DVD and book at the 10 Great Dates website by clicking here. Use the coupon code 10GreatDates1 to get 10% off the $49.99 price and they will donate half of your purchase to help us further our mission.
The other fundraising opportunity that we are participating in, is with the Date-A-Thon coupon card. If you live in the Houston area you can get a coupon card for $30 that will save you money on your date night at 10 local businesses. Everything from dance lessons, to couple massages, to saving money on great food.
We will get $10 from the sale of each card to further our mission. And you will get coupons that will save you hundreds of dollars on your dates. You will also get a copy of the 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage book (a $15.99 value). If you are interested in learning more please email us at ScienceOf.org@gmail.com.
A healthy and happy marriage really is possible for almost all couples who will learn and apply the research based skills and insights. But knowing and doing are two different things.
That is where the real power and benefit from attending the Science Of Healthy Marriages Workshops come into play. Anyone can buy and read the book on their own. But your chances of actually implementing what you learn can significantly improve by tapping into the unique workshop resources like the synergy that comes from the Synergy Accountability Network™, the challenges and solutions brainstorming exercises, the Make It Happen Planning toolbox, the celebrating baby steps and of course the The Extra Motivation Network™. Nothing like the potential for a lot of money being donated to your favorite non-profit to help you meet your goals.
To attend a Science of Healthy Marriages Workshop we have 4 options.
1. You can attend our online large group workshop. Check our calendar on the home page for upcoming workshops.
2. You can organize a small group online workshop. Minimum of 5 participants is required to schedule a workshop. Check our calendar on the home page and propose an available time by emailing ScienceOf.org@gmail.com
3. If you live in the Houston area you can organize an in-person workshop. Minimum of 5 participants is required to schedule a workshop. Check our calendar on the home page and propose an available time by emailing ScienceOf.org@gmail.com We currently hold the in-person workshops at The Venue 11729 Spring Cypress Rd. Tomball, Texas 77377.
Depending on our schedule we can also hold the workshop in other parts of Houston. An extra travel fee of $100 per hour will be added to the price of the workshop.
4. You can sign up for a small group (5-20 participants) online or in-person workshop. Fill out the availability survey for the online workshop by clicking here and the in-person workshop by clicking here. We will contact you once the minimum number of participants have expressed interest. After you complete the survey you will see the current results and you can use the back button to change your responses at anytime. If there aren't enough people who have signed up for the time you would like to take the workshop then please help us by recruiting a few more people to fill those slots.
We are currently working on finishing up the Introduction to the Science of Healthy Marriages workshop video. If you would like to be notified as soon as we are ready to start teaching the workshops please email us at ScienceOf.org@gmail.com. We will prioritize what we finish up first based off of these emails. So please let us know what you are most interested in! Until then you can watch the Science of WillPower Introduction video to give you an idea of the format and an introduction to the unique ScienceOf.org workshop tools that we use to help you implement what you learn.
You can also watch this clip from the video-based version of the program. Don't forget to read the first chapter in the book and download the workbook pages by clicking here.