Marriage is the best laboratory we have for growth. In order for the laboratory to thrive, we all need to take some time to experiment, to learn better skills and assess how we're doing. Join Brooke and Celeste as we take a pause from life to learn how to take our marriages to the next level.
The Seven Principles Retreat for couples is a marriage workshop based on the internationally acclaimed research of Dr. John Gottman. This educational workshop has been offered across the US and internationally, and has strengthened the relationships of tens of thousands of couples. It's specifically designed to help couples improve their friendship and learn powerful communication and conflict management skills.
The workshop includes lectures, demonstrations, videos and private couples exercises. The activities are fun, insightful and informative. And there is no need to worry about sharing your personal problems in front of others... we don't do any group sharing at this workshop.
COUPLES WILL LEARN AND PRACTICE RESEARCH-PROVEN
TOOLS TO:
- Make conflict work for your relationship
- Deepen intimacy and build trust
- Identify your solvable vs. perpetual issues
- Strengthen your foundation of friendship
- Collaborate more effectively to solve problems
- Communicate clearly and effectively (...and get more of what you want and need as a result!)
This workshop is for any couple wishing to take their relationship to the next level! It's perfect for engaged couples and couples married for 25+ years alike!
THE DETAILS:
The 7 Principles Retreat will start on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 3:00pm and conclude Saturday, January 25 at 11:30am. We will be staying at The Inn at The Lake, a lakeside bed and breakfast on Diamond Lake an hour north of Spokane, Washington. 581 Southshore Diamond Lake Rd, Newport WA 99156.
The cost of your ticket is $615 and includes:
- - one night stay at the Inn at the Lake (each room includes a jacuzzi tub and TV)
- - Friday dinner and Saturday breakfast and snacks
- - cost of the workshop for both you and your spouse
- - The 7 Principles to Make Marriage Work book and couples' workbook
Itinerary:
Friday:
3:00pm arrive and get settled
3:30pm - Workshop begins (introductions and research-based foundations of a strong marriage)
5:30pm - dinner
6:30pm - Workshop continues (Love maps, fondness and admiration, leaning towards instead of away)
8:30pm- free time- you can enjoy time with your spouse or mingle with the group- your choice!
Saturday:
7:00 - 9:00am - breakfast and free time
9:30am - Workshop continues (overcoming gridlock, 4 pillars of success)
11:30am - end of retreat
YOUR INSTRUCTORS:
CELESTE DAVIS
Celeste runs the Marriage Laboratory website and social media accounts as well as co-hosts the Marriage Theraoke podcast along with her husband Rich. A big believer in the power of experimentation, she delights in reading about unconditional love, applying what she learns to her own marriage and then telling the internet about it. She is also a Gottman trained educator.
BROOKE RASMUSSEN
Brooke is a Gottman Trained Educator for both the Seven Principles course and Bringing Baby Home, a course designed to help couples be the best parenting team possible. She and her husband Scott have seven children and have spent the last ten years raising them on four different continents. She loves helping others see marriage and family relationships as a gateway to personal growth and becoming more than who we are.
