07/06/2025
Five years ago, I witnessed one of the craziest mental health crises I'll probably ever experience.
Pandy was in full swing. Most countries had stay-at-home-mandates.
I expected people to be coming in to my therapy office with a major uptick in anxiety symptoms.
What I was totally unprepared for was the way this event was rough on couples.
I watched on in horror as my practice, and the practice of every therapist I knew, grew to bursting-at-the-seams because of the ways couples being home all day together created HUGE amounts of conflict.
As I sat there, pushed to my very limits as a therapist and unable to take on more people, I watched folks in desperation try find resources to help their relationships. It was horrible. I knew colleagues whose careers ended at this point--the weight of it all was just too much.
And it all made me really begin to think about therapy, and tools, and ways that I could get the help couples needed to them even if a crisis was happening. There HAD to be a way to get resources to folks in a way that didn't involve sitting down with a therapist--especially for those times when that level of help is simply not available.
Then, one night, it hit me as I slept: I needed to create a course. It needed to contain as many relational tools as I could jam pack into a 21 day sequence. And it needed to be something that helped bring couples together, helped them learn how to communicate and how to get through the many complex phases of a life-journey side by side. It had to help them bridge the gaps that may have been growing between them--cracks that they only start to really notice in crisis, when they are least able to respond to them.
It was a powerful experience, and I did get to work on it.
But I was also overloaded with my practice, and raising kids, and all the things, and also there was that whole "global pandemic" thing we were all dealing with... so it ended up going further and further back on the priority list... and then, as tends to happen, life ENSUED and I never finished creating the course...
and years passed...
and I sometimes wondered if it would ever get done...
and THEN, in May of this year, on my birthday, it dawned on me very clearly that, for reasons I can't explain, it was TIME to create this thing and put it out into the world. That it was time to act. That there were good people out there whose relationships had been through the ringer who needed resources:
*couples who had been through trauma and didn't know how to talk through it in ways that would help them heal.
*couples who had empty nested and were suddenly in close proximity to one another, feeling shame that all the time they spent together was leading to more conflict and messier fights
*couples who used to feel extremely close, but who, after a bunch of kids and a decade (of two or three) of marriage, had lost the verve of their connection to the monotony of daily life.
*couples who yearned to feel as connected as they knew deep down they deserved, but just didn't know how
*couples who had never had conflict significant enough to warrant therapy, but who knew deep down that there were strategies they were probably missing out on when it came to forging a bond that felt truly secure, whole, and life-giving.
So, for the last couple of months, I've been doing just that. I've been packing resource after resource that helps couples communicate better, feel closer, heal from conflict into a course. I've pared it all down into a crisp, digestible, easy-to-follow format.
And now, today, I'm finally sharing it publicly.
If you have ever felt like:
--your communication with your partner often goes off the rails
--your partner has a really hard time "hearing" what you're trying to say
--you have a hard time understanding what your partner is trying to say
--it seems like the more you try to talk, the more disconnected you feel
--despite you're efforts, there seem to be more and more frequent disagreements
--you often walk away from conflict feeling hurt and demoralized and alone
--no matter what you try you can't seem to get back on the same page (and sometimes you wonder if you ever really were)
..just know that you are not alone, and that these things can occur in even the most solid of relationships.
And know that there are tools out there that can truly help get things on the right track again.
This course (which I've linked to in the comments) is one of them.
It's a 21-day guided process, jam packed with tools and goodies, that you can do alongside your partner. It's meant to teach, but it's also meant to help you build experiences where what you learn takes root and actually helps things get better, becoming not just knowledge, but practice. (You can also do this course solo if your partner isn't in a space to commit to this type of thing at the moment)
Every person deserves to feel safe in their communication with their partner. Every partner is worthy of safety as they engage with you.
Finding your way to connection is possible, and with the right tools, any relationship can be "tuned-up" and brought back into alignment with your hearts, your goals, and your future together.
If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, click on through from the link in the comments below. It would be my honor to invite any of you into this space of learning.
As far as pricing, I decided my time and effort on this course was worth more than the price of a therapy session, but I also wanted to make sure that it ended up being reasonably affordable. Two couple sessions with me cost nearly $400.00--but I decided to knock the price of the course down from that total significantly, and ended up deciding on $333.00 because I want to make sure that, although high quality, it is also reasonably accessible for most couples seeking this kind of resource.
HOWEVER, as someone who always loves offering a deal (or "dill" as people from my home-state of Utah like to say-- )
For this 4th of July weekend, I'm kicking off the sale of this course by knocking the price down by 40%, which shreds that total on down to $198.80!! ��
Seriously, that’s less than one 40 minute couples intake. And it’s a resource that lasts forever.
So, if you're ready to tune-up your communication, just click through (LINK IN COMMENTS)— and if you buy before midnight on Monday the 7th, you'll knock the price down nearly by half!

But remember, this deal expires at midnight on Monday, so act now if you want this "dill" my friends!
And if you're not needing a course like this at the moment, but you're a fan of my work, it'd be so super duper cool and helpful if you liked, shared, commented and let folks know about this promotion while it lasts!
Much love to all! Let's do all we can to help inclusive, loving families experience healing in celebration of freedoms for ALL!
Joshua
