Research on marriage preparation demonstrates positive outcomes for couples across many domains of being together, including:
✅communication
✅conflict resolution
✅help -seeking behaviour
✅clarity of role expectations
✅navigating family dynamics.
And after many many request, we’ve finally created a program to meet you wherever your relationship is at with nurturing forevermore.
Location, Timing, Duration and Dates
This gives you time in your busy lives to participate, and then have space in between sessions to sit with the information and spend time together in dialogue around course topics.
Location: Zoom
Time: 10am - 12pm
Duration: 2 hours
Upcoming Series Dates
- March 20
- March 27
- April 10
- April 17
- April 24
- May 1
Please note: a highlight reel will be recorded for all sessions so don't fret if you can't make all 6 weeks (although we'd miss you!). We will provide an overview of what we covered, and next steps until we meet again.
Each session you will be guided through pre-determined topics, such as:
• Cha ching: All things financial
• I am not a mind reader: Planning for success
• Anatomy of an argument: Communication for connection
• Modern Family: Building (or not), boundaries and borders
...and so much more.
Grounded in an understanding that all individuals bring strengths into their relationships, are doing the best they can with what they presently know, and could benefit from safer spaces to identify areas for opportunity to grow. We will encourage reflection and personal dialogue between you and your partner, prompting you gently along through a series of questions aimed at deepening connection through open and honest communication.
Course content is informed by our personal and professional experiences and is grounded in the best available research evidence.
Cost: $350.00
This is an introductory, online rate as we prepare to launch this program. Your feedback will be so valued and support us to refine content and delivery going forward. Should you also need to work out payment options, do let us know.
Amanda is a registered social worker, which means if you have access to health care benefits, she can provide receipts so that potentially all or a portion of your fee is covered.
Please contact your benefit provider for information about coverage for a registered social worker. Process: Email to confirm registration, you will be invoiced and prompted to eTransfer 50% deposit, non-refundable but transferable, and complete an intake questionnaire.
Voila, wait for further details.
Reminder: Your information will be kept confidential. You will not be required to share with the group any information about yourself or your relationship, beyond what you might share in casual conversation with a stranger. Well, unless you’re like my spouse of 10 years (Jodi here), who is so social he’d literally tell his life story to any person passing by, while I’m speed walking away – hey, but we’re working on it!
For registration information, please email something.new.officiant@gmail.com
About us
Jodi here ...
Partnership comes in many permutations and textures. Amanda and I have been doing life and love and family growing, shifting, and blending together since our undergrad years in the 90s. The honesty of our friendship, along with an unshakable commitment to forever together, has been crucial to the lessons we’ve applied to all relationships in our lives.
We bring these lessons into the partnerships with our spouses.
And now into the design and delivery of H.O.P.E.
Professionally, we have worked for close to 2 decades respectively with families during transitions (expected and unexpected), from birth to death and every life event in between. We have worked with individuals, families, and entire communities on strategizing solutions to "stuck moments". We have facilitated workshops on trauma and healing spaces internationally. Our combined skill sets preparing families for life leading up to "I do" and for life that follows afterward, lays the foundation for a unique marriage preparation series. In the H.O.P.E. curriculum, we bring together the best available research evidence with our professional and personal life experiences.
