1-day workshop for couples on Saturday, October 17, 2026

The Emotions Course for Couples

Struggling with emotions in your relationship? Interactions become explosive? Are you ‘roommates’ who avoid challenging topics? If so, you’re not alone.

Seeing the powerful role of emotions in the couples I coach, I created this course to be the missing instruction manual for emotions and relationships designed for couples! It’s for both of you to learn together.
 
Most of us were never taught how emotions work and their profound influences on our relationships. 
The Emotions Course for Couples is a practical workshop designed to help couples better understand emotions and develop the skills to work with them effectively, both individually and together.

Why Emotions Matter

Emotions influence:

• Where we focus
• What experiences mean to us
• How we communicate
• Our abilities to collaborate
• Our capacity for flexible thinking
• How we react
• How safe we feel
• Our level of connection with each other

When emotional intensity rises beyond our ability to remain grounded, it becomes much harder to access empathy, perspective, curiosity, and the relationship skills we already possess.
 
The good news is that emotional skills can be learned.
 
Couples who develop a shared understanding and skills to respond to emotions experience greater intimacy, increased collaboration & harmony, improved communication, and a more resilient relationship.
 
Take a moment to imagine the positive impacts of changing your relationship to emotions and your ways of expressing them:

• Imagine being able to recognize emotions sooner.
• Imagine having a shared language that helps you and your partner navigate challenges with more understanding, compassion, and effectiveness.
• Imagine listening with greater awareness instead of reacting automatically.

Emotions are one pathway toward deeper intimacy, collaboration, and growth.

What We'll Cover

Together, with your partner we’ll explore:

Understanding Emotions

What emotions are and how they work
Common myths and misconceptions about emotions
The important roles emotions play in our lives and relationships

Emotional Awareness

How to recognize emotions earlier
How to expand emotional vocabulary and understanding
How emotions show up in the body, mind, and behavior

Emotional Regulation

Why emotional intensity can sometimes overwhelm us
Practical tools for staying grounded during challenging moments
How to increase choice and reduce automatic reactions

Understanding Each Other

How emotions influence communication and conflict
How to respond to your partner’s emotions with greater empathy and effectiveness
How to create more emotional safety and connection

Building Lasting Skills

Practices you can use in everyday life
Shared language for discussing emotions
Tools for navigating future challenges together

This Course Is For Couples Who Want To:

✓ Deepen emotional connection
✓ Improve communication
✓ Reduce recurring cycles of conflict
✓ Better understand themselves and each other
✓ Respond more effectively during emotionally-charged moments
✓ Build a stronger foundation for intimacy, trust, and collaboration
 
Most couples participate because they want to strengthen an already good relationship and develop skills that will serve them for years to come. Your relationship does not need to be in crisis to benefit from this course.

Our Approach

This course integrates insights from:

• Compassionate (Nonviolent) Communication (NVC)
• Interpersonal neurobiology
• Attachment science
• Mindfulness

The focus is practical rather than theoretical.
 
Participants leave with tools, language, and experiences they can immediately apply in their relationships.

What Participants Can Expect

• Live virtual sessions
• Interactive exercises
• Guided reflection
• Opportunities for partner discussion
• Practical tools and take-home resources
• A supportive and nonjudgmental learning environment

Format

The Emotions Course for Couples is offered as a live virtual workshop.