Welcome to Week 1 (Explore the research and enhance your love map!)
Welcome to week 1!
Before we begin
- Ensure you have downloaded your Couple's Workbook. This can be found in the "Your Workbook" lecture in the Introduction section
- Join the Zoom call a few minutes early - instructions on how to do this are in the "Zoom Joining Instructions" lecture in the introduction section. There is more detail there on how to join anonymously.
- Take a moment to turn your phones off, shut the door and claim the next 1.5 hours as your time, dedicated to your relationship. Feel free to dim the lights, light a candle, pour a drink.
So what are we looking at this week?
- Getting to know each other:
- You'll meet Pam, your facilitator. She's a relationship therapist and Gottman Leader.
- We will take a closer look at the research:
- The truth about happy relationships.
- What does make relationships work?
- How the research can predict divorce with over 90% accuracy.
- And then learn about and experiment with the first principle:
- Understand your partner on deeper levels by enhancing your love maps together
- You'll have a chance to practice enhancing your love map