For nearlyweds who want to encourage healthy communication en route to the altar….

The Intentional Nearlywed Relationship Workshop

Communicating Your Emotions & Needs to Your Fiancé with the confidence and assertiveness of Michelle Obama

(without the awkward conversations, massive blowups, irreconcilable standoffs, or suffering in silence)

a communication workshop just for nearlyweds…

Learn how to communicate your emotional needs and make requests of your fiance with confidence and clarity. In the time it takes to watch an episode of Bridgerton, you’ll learn how to have hard, easy-to-avoid relationship conversations, be heard by your fiance, get what you need from your relationship, become your own best advocate, and increase emotional intimacy with your soon-to-be spouse.

This workshop is for you if you are:

Engaged or recently married, and want to set your relationship up for success with healthy communication strategies and a blueprint for expressing your emotions and needs

Uncertain about where your emotions fit into the context of your relationship
Lacking the right words to say
Feeling like your feelings and needs aren’t valid or worth talking about
Ignoring a conversation you know needs to happen, but you just don’t know how to approach it
Craving a closer connection with your fiance in which you can express all of yourself and be met with understanding and validation

Whether you’re navigating the challenges of wedding planning during COVID, traversing the uncharted terrain of creating life as a couple, feeling challenged by delicate relationship compromises like family dynamics or finances, or simply seeking the fastest route to enhanced communication, this workshop is for you.

From trivial dustups about putting the toilet seat down to major decisions about planning a family, you’ll be ready to tackle these conversations head-on.

In this mini-course, you’ll learn how to:

Understand your own emotions, and what your emotions may be communicating about your relationship needs
Phrase what to say and how to say it, word for word, when communicating your emotions and needs to your fiance, so that your fiance remains non-defensive and interested in your experience
Prepare yourself for an emotionally-difficult conversation, and stay calm and confident throughout
Troubleshoot a conversation gone off-the-rails
Coach your fiance to be validating and respond helpfully
Use these healthy communication tools to build a resilient engagement and marriage

Already pumped for this?!

(or, for curious minds, get a little preview of the workshop here.)

Designed by a psychotherapist and engagement/newlywed expert, this workshop will quickly arm you with the confidence and tools to communicate assertively and constructively, guided by your own emotional intelligence, in order to create the relationship and marriage you deserve.

When learned and applied during this pivotal transition, the wisdom you’ll gain in this digestible mini-course will empower you to step into marriage with the tools for self-advocacy, healthy communication and collaboration. Elizabeth’s easy-to-follow, relatable teaching style allows you to immediately implement the skills you’ll learn into your life and relationship.

“Elizabeth Wellington is a highly gifted psychotherapist. Elizabeth appreciates the clinical craft of psychotherapy and engages enthusiastically in deepening her knowledge as a clinician. She integrates this knowledge into her work with careful attunement to people’s needs. She builds strong relationships and encourages them on the path toward healthy and constructive change.”

— Dr. Elizabeth Olson

Ready to communicate with confidence and clarity?

Some FAQs:

How much does the workshop cost?

You’ll gain lifetime access to the workshop and all its materials for $97!

Does this workshop provide therapy?

No, this workshop does not provide therapy, which occurs in a one-to-one relationship with a therapist and requires a therapeutic contract. The workshop was written by a psychotherapist and uses psychological concepts and strategies for your educational and self-growth benefit, but cannot be considered therapy and is not a replacement for therapy.

Do I need any materials to complete the workshop?

Just a computer and quiet space to participate! You will receive pdf documents with exercises and journal prompts to complement each lesson, which you can print out and write on if a printer is available to you. Alternatively, you can complete the exercises in whatever form you like - in a journal, Google doc, however you like to work.

How is the workshop organized?

The workshop consists of seven individual lessons, or steps. You’ll watch a video lesson for each of the seven steps, and then complete your independent work applying the concepts to yourself and your life in your pdf workbook.

Will I get to work with Elizabeth directly?

Unfortunately, no! This course is meant as independent study, freeing you up to receive all the lessons you might in, say, a couples’ therapy session, but without the expense and extended time.

Can I see a little more before I commit?

For sure! Watch the workshop’s Welcome video and see the course curriculum here.

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Dear Nearlywed,

You’re committing yourself to your relationship FOREVER. That is, like, a long time. It took me a long time to figure out that relationships, even the best ones, are hard work. They require us to look deeply at ourselves, to become the best versions of ourselves we can be. They require us to do hard things - to have hard conversations, to feel hard feelings, and to make hard decisions. This workshop, and the skills you’ll learn here, is an investment in yourself and in the most important relationship of your life. You’re telling yourself: “I deserve to have the relationship of my dreams. I deserve to have my emotions validated. I deserve to have a responsive and validating partner. I deserve to be heard. I deserve to step into my power.”

Let me help you with that. I can give you the guidance, the tools, the words, and the encouragement to step into your power, and to create the best relationship of your life.

xoxo,

Elizabeth