Who This Course Is For?

This course is designed for:

  • Couples navigating how to balance individual autonomy with shared marriage priorities

  • Partners learning how to make decisions together without power struggles

  • Couples seeking healthier ways to exercise influence without control or withdrawal

  • Couples who want to leverage differences in strengths rather than compete over them

What You Will Learn

This course focuses on understanding, boundaries, and mutual respect—not persuasion or winning arguments.

    1. Welcome and Introduction

    1. Personal Autonomy and Marriage Priorities

    1. Security through Stability

    1. Measuring Payoff

    1. Capitalizing on your Strengths

    2. EXERCISE - Strengths-Weakness Assessment

    1. Capitalizing on your Differences

Details

  • 18 lessons

Where This Course Fits

Marriage Politics is part of the Building Our Foundation learning pathway.

This pathway helps couples establish shared language, expectations, and communication rhythms early—so difficult conversations don’t become relationship-defining conflicts later on.

While this course can be taken on its own, many couples choose the full pathway to build a stronger foundation for navigating differences across all areas of life.
Explore the Building Our Foundation Pathway

Course Details

This course works best when couples engage side by side and revisit conversations as their financial reality evolves.

  • Format: Self-paced, on-demand

  • Designed to be completed together

  • Conversation-based with reflective prompts

  • Relevant across seasons, not tied to specific events

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This course supports Marriage Politics by helping couples understand how beliefs, emotions, and assumptions interact within the relationship.