Personalized Ceremonies
by Rev. Toni Maddi

 

Marriage preparation or enrichment
Three sessions                    $275
In-depth preparation or enrichment
Six sessions                        $550

plus a $30 scoring fee

 

Failing to prepare is like preparing to fail.
               ~anonymous
For more information
on the Prepare/Enrich
program, please visit
Life Innovations

 

Marriage Preparation and enrichment counseling
Phone:  708/434-1263
weddings@tonimaddi.com

It is my goal to help you develop a strong and growing relationship.  
I want your marriage to succeed and be a source of inspiration to other couples.  By helping you to build on your strengths, identifying areas for you to enrich and showing you and your partner how to communicate better, you can look forward to a long and beautiful marriage.

The Prepare/Enrich program will help us to
Explore your strengths and identify possible growth areas
Strengthen your communication skills
Teach you ten steps for resolving conflict
Explore your family of origin and learn what you bring from
your family to your relationship
Help you to develop a budget and financial plan and
Help you to develop personal, couple and family goals

The first step is to complete a 165-question inventory that assesses your relationship for strength and growth areas such as
Communication
Conflict resolution
Personality issues
Marriage expectation
Financial management
leisure activities
Sexual relationship
Children and parenting
Family and friends
Relationship roles
Spiritual beliefs
Couple closeness and flexibility
Family closeness and flexibility

Then I will facilitate discussions with you for three or six sessions.  Each session will strengthen your love as you get to know each other (and yourself!) on a deeper level.  Exercises will be given for the next week to give you a chance to explore the topics we discussed, helping to safeguard your relationship and keep it vital.

 

Weddings Next Steps Sermons
If you are wondering if marriage preparation is for you, the
answer is yes!  Marriage preparation increases the chances of
your marriage being a success by up to thirty percent.  With half
of all first marriages ending in divorce, you want to be sure that
your chances of not being included in that statistic are as good
as they can possibly be.

Many couples spend a year or more getting ready for their
wedding, neglecting to prepare for the lifetime that follows that
special day.  Many couples assume that their love will last a
lifetime, but without the skills to sustain that love, it can be a
struggle to keep your marriage vital.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

~Andre Maurois