Dooce, the most popular mommy blogger on the planet, is separating from her husband. They announced it on their (his and hers) blogs today.
That led me to finding out that the second most popular mommy blogger on the planet, Maggie from Mighty Girl, is also getting divorced. I won’t lie. I just Googled to find out if Pioneer Woman’s marriage is ok. So far, I think they’re good. Which is a good thing because I’m not sure I could handle it if it weren’t…
Those are just the “public” divorces. I have so many friends struggling through hard times in their marriages. And don’t get me started on Kim Kardashian…
All around 2011 seemed to be a year that sucked for marriages, public and private. Even for me personally, having our first kid has not been a walk in the park by any stretch of the imagination. It’s definitely been a challenging year in the marriage department.
In a way, I think the news was a kind of kick in the pants for me as far as what I’m doing here with Nashville Marriage Studio. I decided to quit seeing couples one-on-one and I’m now bringing marriage education to The Internet. I want as many people as possible to have access to quality marriage preparation as possible.
Happily Ever After: The Plan
I have set up a premarital education course, Happily Ever After: The plan. It’s designed to take couples through everything I do in premarital. Except it’s online and from the comfort of your own home. It’s way cheaper. And now you don’t have to be in Nashville to get what I teach couples!
It’s in the pilot phase right now and won’t officially start until February. But if you sign up now you’ll get the first part of the course immediately. Since it is in the guinea pig stage it’s only $99 (seriously, this is a minimum of $400 for everything you’re getting… it’s a deal, trust). The price will be going up, so if this is something you’re interested in jump!
With the Happily Ever After Plan I’ve created an actual marriage planner filled with everything you need to think about before the big day. You can get and fill out your copy here for free. Feel free to go through it with your fiancee. The course will take you through it as well, explaining why your answers matter and how it will help you when you feel like giving up.
Your marriage deserves an investment
The Dooce news made me move because I think there are so many great couples that lose their way, and if they had the ability to talk to one another in an honest way they could avoid divorce (note, . Also, I’m doing it for the kids. If you’re anything like me when you were a kid the idea of your parents splitting up was terrifying, and now that I have my own kid I want to do everything to avoid having that conversation for his sake and ours.
So invest in your marriage today.
Learn more here and register here and email me (marie.mckinney@gmail.com) if you have ANY questions at all.
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Hi Marie! It’s so great to see you promoting such an awesome thing such as successful marriages. Me and my wife went through some great premarital counselling and it has made so much difference. I’m definitely showing my wife your blog!:) It’s great to see some of my old friends doing great things!