Description
In this 8-Part series on building your best marriage with Lisa Aiken you will discover how to:
- Strengthen affection and connection in marriage.
- Problem solve together thereby creating an unbreakable team.
- Build trust and emotional safety.
- Transform stressors into modes of connection.
- Become masters of conflict resolution thereby deepening emotional intimacy.
Week One:
Building Affection: Start with You
Explore how self-awareness, and personal growth form the foundation for healthy
relationships.
Activities: creating a personal “emotional blueprint.”
Week Two:
Deepening Your Connection
Understand and share personal needs, and learn how to care for one another to create a
satisfying relationship.
Activities: understanding your love language and creating a gift registry.
Week Three:
Core Stresses and Distresses in Marriage
Address common assumptions and expectations in marriage that can create stress, and
shift perspectives for healthier dynamics.
Activities: a discussion on marriage myths, understanding common assumptions and
reframing expectations.
Week Four:
Communication in Marriage
Learn why communication is challenging and how to make it easier by fostering
emotional safety and trust.
Activities: Analyze what creates safety and trust in marriage and why these are essential
prerequisites for good communication and emotional intimacy.
Week Five:
The Core Principles of Good Communication
Explore and refine communication skills you already have and develop new ones.
Activities: Self-assessment, skill-building exercises.
Week Six:
Opening Up When You Feel Vulnerable
Understand general barriers to opening up, assess your areas of difficulty and understand
the core mechanics to making it easier.
Activities: use case vignettes to practice tackling feelings of vulnerability and increasing
the ability to open up.
Week Seven:
Addressing Conflict as a Team
Shift from “me versus you” to “us versus the problem,” and learn collaborative conflict
resolution strategies.
Activities: Conflict analysis and cooperative problem-solving exercises.
Week Eight:
Creating Compromise: Getting Creative Together
Discover the art of compromise as a creative and team-building opportunity in your relationship.
Activities: case studies, and “Constructing a Compromise.”
About Lisa Twerski, LCSW: Lisa Twerski maintains a private practice in Brooklyn, New York, working with individuals and couples, and is on the Board of Directors of Nefesh International. Mrs. Twerski lectures locally, nationally and internationally, on dating, marriage, parenting and domestic violence and provides trainings to community leaders on a variety of mental health topics. She is the author of a book about domestic violence entitled, I’m So Confused, Am I Being Abused? Guidance for the Orthodox Jewish Spouse and Those Who Are Trying to Help. Her recent release, Me and You – What I Wish I Knew is a groundbreaking, interactive, marriage education workbook designed specifically for the frum couple.
“A much needed preventative which may help contain the epidemic of failed marriages.” Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
“A true masterpiece…Priceless advice and insight that can be applied to your day to day life and relationship.” YG
