After 5 years of marriage, we didn’t know how we would make it much longer. Disappointments, misunderstandings and resentments continued to mount until it felt that we could never have what we once hoped for. With two children in tow, we didn’t want to end things—and besides we still felt love for each other. Living a lifetime like this felt overwhelming and completely discouraging but something had to change if we were going to remain together.
Of course we did the only thing we knew how to do—we called a marriage therapist. While this step proved our commitment to each other and to our marriage, we experienced little that truly helped our relationship.
Although therapy seemed to fail us, one great positive came from it—we knew we wanted to save our marriage. So we went to work, spending thousands of hours over the next decade finding books and reading and discussing them, trying new methods for solving our problems and learning to work together.
Over the years our commitment and work paid off—we discovered the 12 principles that make marriages happy! In the meantime, Blaine went back to school, earned a degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University and began working with couples, making their marriages happier.
Now, 15 years later with a happy marriage of our own, armed with answers from every possible source, we’ve determined to share what we have learned with others and this program is the result!
The scope and vision of Adore Your Spouse is unlike any marriage program out there. From the discussion of being willing vs. willful to building unity, AYS can help most any issue that an individual or couple might be facing. The foundation of principles, the use of readings and practical activities makes it interesting, applicable and life changing.
I am in love with your activities. It’s apparent to me that no matter how much knowledge I have, the magic is found in the applications.
So many of us spend large amounts of money every year investing in wardrobes, cars, vacations, doctor visits, dental work, education and so on but how often and how much do we invest in the most lasting and important relationship we have...our marriage? So often, we don't understand what we must know in order to make our marriages last such as how to enforce healthy boundaries, why we must meet our needs and our spouse's needs and how to meet them. The 3 Steps to Happy Marriage Course teaches all this and so much more! It is an incredible investment into the most important relationship you will ever have.
Blaine and Audrey explain really well that each of the 12 principles in this course build on each other and lay the foundation for the next principle. I have found that as I patiently learn to love myself, my love for my wife flows more and more freely. I have found that the principles of a happy marriage get easier and easier to live as time goes by. Be patient because mastering these principles will transform your marriage beyond what you thought possible.