The 7 Golden Rules for Communication with Your Partner

Want to Stop Fighting? Disagreements are Inevitable, but Fighting is Not! Communication in Committed Partnerships Requires a Special Set of Skills. We Teach You How.

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Course Curriculum

Lessons Include Video Conversations with Douglas & Sheryll, Slide & Audio Presentations, Guided Experiences, and Individual & Shared Workbook Activities

1. Video Introduction: Golden Rule 2 - Check In Before You Speak Out
2. Slides & Audio: The Foundational Building Blocks of Committed Partnership
3. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: The Foundational Building Blocks of Committed Partnership
4. Video & Audio Presentation: The Stress Response
5. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Stress Response in Couple Communication
6. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Your Stress Response to Domestic Hot Spots
7. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Your Stress Response to Domestic Hot Spots
8. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Communicating for Connection
9. Appreciate Gifts of Connection Guided Experience: Slides & Audio
10. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activty: Appreciating Connection Guided Experience
11. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activty: Appreciating Connection Guided Experience
12. Workbook Shared Activity: Gifts of Connection Guided Experience
13. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Using the Tool of Appreciation
14. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Using the Tool of Appreciation "I Love You Today Because..."
15. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Using the Tool of Appreciation "I Love You Today Because..."
16. Workbook Shared Activity: Using the Tool of Appreciation: "I Love You Today Because...."
17. Video Conclusion: Golden Rule 2
1. Video Introduction: Golden Rule 3 -Use "I" Language
2. Slide & Audio Presentation: The 3 Key Elements of "I" Language
3. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Fred & Sue's Case Study - "You Didn't Take Out the Trash"
4. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: John & Alice's Case Study -"You Don't Care About Me Anymore."
5. Workbook Shared Activity: Using "I" Language
6. Slide & Audio Presentation: Heart Emotions
7. Listen to Your Inner "I" Language Guided Experience: Slides & Audio
8. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Listen to Your Inner "I" Language Guided Experience
9. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Listen to Your Inner "I" Language Guided Experience
10. Video Conclusion: Golden Rule 3
1. Video Introduction: Golden Rule 4 - Monitor Your Tone
2. Slide & Audio Presentation: Monitor Your Tone
3. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Revisiting Case Studies with Tone
4. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll About the Dangers of Sarcasm
5. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Monitoring Tone in Everyday Conversations
6. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Monitoring Tone in Everday Conversations
7. Workbook Shared Activity: Monitoring Tone in Everyday Conversations
8. Slide & Audio Presentation: The Safety Response
9. Use Positive Inner Tone Guided Experience: Slides & Audio
10. Yellow Partner: Golden Rule 4 Individual Activity: Use Positive Inner Tone Guided Experience
11. Purple Partner: Golden Rule 4 Individual Activity: Use Positive Inner Tone Guided Experience
12. Workbook Shared Activity: Use Positive Tone with Your Partner
13. Video Conclusion: Golden Rule 4
1. Video Introduction: Golden Rule 5
2. Slide & Audio Presentation: 3 Steps to Validate Your Partner's Message
3. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Validating Your Partner's Message
4. Slides & Audio Presentation: How to Avoid Listening Pitfalls
5. Whiteboard Presentation: Douglas Explains Disappointment
6. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: The Pitfalls of Disappointment
7. Be Receptive Guided Experience: Slides & Audio
8. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Be Receptive Guided Experience
9. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Be Receptive Guided Experience
10. Workbook Shared Activity: Listen Receptively to Your Partner
11. Video Conclusion: Golden Rule 5
1. Video Introduction Rule 6: Verify Content
2. Slides & Audio Presentation: 2 Reliable Tools: How to Perception Check to Verify Content
3. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: How to Use Perception Checking
4. Workbook Shared Activity: Perception Checking
5. Slides & Audio Presentation: Paraphrase to Verify Content
6. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: How to Use Paraphrasing with Your Partner
7. Workbook Shared Activity: Paraphrase Practice
8. Perception with Empathy Guided Experience: Sildes & Audio
9. Yellow Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Perception with Empathy Guided Experience
10. Purple Partner: Workbook Individual Activity: Perception with Empathy Guided Experience
11. Workbook Shared Activity: Perception with Empathy
12. Video Conclusion: Golden Rule 6
1. Video Introduction: Golden Rule 7: Use the Timed Time Out
2. Video Presentation: Douglas Explains What Happens During a Fight
3. Slide & Audio Presentation: The 3 P's of Timed Time Out
4. Releasing Inner Stress Guided Experience: Slides & Audio
5. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: How to Effectively Use Timed Time Out
6. Workbook Shared Activity: Agreement to Use Timed Time Out
7. Video Conclusion: Golden Rule 7
1. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: Putting It All Together
1. A Conversation with Douglas & Sheryll: The First Love Secret
1. The 7 Golden Rules for Communication with Your Partner - Infographic

About this course

$24.99
91 lessons

Meet Your Instructors

Married Couple Douglas Reichwein, M.A. M.F.T. & Sheryll Reichwein, M.A. are relationship experts devoted to restoring romance to the heart of committed partnership.

Douglas is a Marriage & Family Therapist who guides couples to unblock the flow of love and rediscover each other. Sheryll is an Adjunct Professor of Communication who teaches students the skills necessary to create and sustain a lifelong romantic partnership. Together for more than 20 years, Douglas & Sheryll combine their successful personal and professional expertise to offer you the concepts, skills and wisdom you need to fulfill your romantic destiny.

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FAQs

Can "The 7 Golden Rules" Really Improve My Relationship?

Definitely. If you use the 7 Golden Rules, we can promise you’ll enjoy more relationship happiness. But it’s important to point out the while the results are magical, the 7 Golden Rules are not magic. First, you’ll need to learn how to use them and then you’ll need to choose to use them consistently – but the results will be well worth the effort.
Coordinating Our Schedules is Challenging. Do We Need to Complete the Lessons of this Online Course Together?

You and your partner do not have complete every lesson together. Many of the Lessons and Workbook Activities can be completed indivdually. And each Golden Rule will also include lessons with shared Workbook Activities.
How Do We Get Started?

We offer a Free Preview of Golden Rule 1. If you enjoy your Free Preview and want to continue, you’ll then be able to purchase access to the entire course.
How Much Does It Cost?

We offer a Free Preview of Golden Rule 1. If you want to purchase access to the entire course, “The 7 Golden Rules for Communication with Your Partner,” the cost is $159 - less than one couple counseling session in most markets.

Testimonials

““I would highly recommend any one of the components in The Au Coeur Program. The best starting place to change the world is our very own heart. Au Coeur is aptly named.””

““Sheryll and Douglas’ gentle yet powerful approaches have helped me to effectively move forward in my life. I feel so deeply supported by them as I move through a period in my life that now feels exciting instead of just scary.””