February 15, 2012 – The View

All of us in marriage need a little perspective. Many times, what life throws at us can shape our viewpoint of what our marriage can and should be. What if we could zoom out for a minute and take the long look–what do we want our marriage to look like? Better yet, what should it look like? This week we’ll explore what God says about the way marriage is supposed to work  and what part you can play to take your marriage to the next level.

February 22, 2012 – Me Plus

This week we’re talking about the power of positivity in marriage. Those of us that struggle with negativity understand that it’s not an intentional way of life, but rather a bad habit that slowly develops and causes us difficulty in our relationships. We’ll talk about how we can conquer negativity in our marriage and begin to put the power of positivity to work for our families.

February 29, 2012 – Drive

One of the most destructive forces a marriage can endure is the emotion of apathy. This week we’re exploring those things we can do to keep the spirit of work and investment alive in our relationships. We’ll talk about what causes apathy in relationships and discuss the huge issue of how this question directly relates to the question of trust in the marriage.

 

 

March 14, 2012 – The “Stock Plot” Of The Average Fight

It’s hard to know how to combat a problem in your marriage if you don’t know how to recognize it when it shows up. In this week’s material, we’ll look at the ways in which fights often fall into regular patterns. Join us as we talk about ways in which we can break the cycles of destructive fights and use powerful tools to take the teeth out of conflict and put disagreement to work for you.

March 21, 2012- The Average Fight (Part 2)

As we continue in our discussion of how to turn standoffs into negotiations we’ll explore some practical ways in which couples can use their strengths to take their relationship in a positive direction. In this talk, we’ll discuss the very important issue of stonewalling, and we’ll talk about whether or not a time out is a good idea. 

March 28, 2012 – Bad Habits, Pet Peeves and Q&A Time

In this session, we’ll talk about some bad habits that sneak up on us during our conflict discussions. We’ll talk about interrupting, yelling, changing the subject, and leaving the interaction, as well as how to handle some of these issues and how to minimize manipulation during a fight. Time will be left at the end of this session for some Q&A. 

 

 

‘C’ Session has been recently re-developed.  All the topics listed are new to Synergy.

 

April 11, 2012 – Living Beyond Your Inheritance

None of us enter marriage with a clean slate.  We all enter relationships with the baggage that comes from our past.  Family of origin issues, failed past relationships, past failures in our current relationship–these things and others have the potential to modify the way we interact with our spouse and cause us difficulties.  This week we’re talking about how to come to terms with our “inheritance,” discard the baggage and move on.

April 18, 2012- Dismissing the Pain from the Past

No marriage is without elements of the past that are painful.  In this session, we’ll be talking about how to communicate about the hurts in the relationship, how to forgive, and when renewed trust is appropriate.

April 25, 2012 – A Plan for the Future

In this session, we go once more to a very practical place–we talk about how to take everything we’ve talked about and plug it in to a plan for the future.  This session is all about making the previous material become part of the DNA of your relationship, and how to stick with a game plan that takes your marriage in a positive direction.