Congratulations, you are about to embark on one of the biggest and most important adventures that life has to offer.
Marriage.
Hopefully it will also be one of the most fulfilling, long-lasting, co-creatively happy adventures that you choose for yourself.
Choose being the operative word here, because just like you will (most probably) be choosing your own life-partner, you will also be choosing how to create your married life together.
The fact that you are here, reading this page, is an important piece of the puzzle.
You are already taking pro-active and positive steps towards ensuring that your relationship will have a favorable outcome.
Premarital counseling is a significant step in building a strong foundation for your marriage, so we hope that you will take advantage of the tools that counseling will give you both as a couple.
Love is beautiful and exciting and an incredible high…which can often lead to marriage.
BUT, here goes, and yes, I know you’ve heard it before…marriage takes work.
This doesn’t have to be a negative statement, or one that sounds like a downer. On the contrary, it is the reality of life…almost everything that you decide to tackle and learn or do in life will take some work.
Your favorite sport or hobby or skill all have taken a certain amount of input (work) in order for you to achieve a certain amount of mastery or expertness, which in turn, allows you to enjoy it more and continue to engage in it.
Marriage is pretty much the same deal. The work you put in will sometimes be frustrating, difficult, and require tough compromises and at other times it will be fun, effortless and a pleasure to both partners.
Much of the process is what you make of it.
Premarital counseling will help you begin on stable and positive grounds.
It will help you talk about issues and expectations that should be talked about if you will be joining your lives and perhaps starting a family together.
Premarital counseling will also give you the skills and relationship ‘tools’ that will contribute towards better communication and healthier problem-solving.
Here’s a video on some of the types of questions and topics that you will be talking about with a premarital counselor;
Rather, it is a great gift that you are giving to your future marriage.
It’s more like a map giving you better knowledge of how to navigate together and a list of all the important questions that you will be facing together.
Healthy love and partnership is not only beautiful, but can be full of tremendous growth and fulfillment so we commend you on being one of those individuals who by being here already shows their commitment towards these ideals.
Now get out there and begin taking the steps towards creating a fantastic marriage, the world needs it!