An Interview With Nancy Landrum: Therapist Taylor Anderson of Marital Mindset Counseling on Five Keys to Happy, Lasting Marriages

Know that effort in the relationship won’t always be 50-50. Sometimes your partner may be limited physically, emotionally, or mentally. If your partner is facing the loss of a loved one, challenges with employment, or recovering from the birth of your baby, there is likely going to be a need for you to step in and offer extra care and support. Have a conversation about this, let your partner know you understand how difficult things are for them, and let them know you are there and how you can help.

With each and every day in your marriage, you’re presented with an opportunity and a choice to take action toward the marriage you desire. It’s not always the easiest path to take, but it’s well worth it in the end. Always ask yourself, is what I’m about to do/say getting me closer to or further away from the type of marriage I would like to create?

when we accept the role of things like discomfort, vulnerability, emotions, and conflict, we allow our relationship the chance to grow in a deeper, more resilient way…

However, if you don’t go into marriage with a specific plan on how you want to navigate these patterns, it can become easy to simply revert to what you know. This is how Generational Patterns are created and solidified.

Once you complete the 4 hours of premarital education with a certified premarital education provider, you will receive a certificate of completion verifying your completion of the program. When you submit this certificate along with your application for your marriage license, you’ll be granted the discount!

For some couples, it’s easy to forget about what is going right. Or, if you’ve been together for a long time, it’s very easy to forget what was going right earlier in the relationship. When couples do this, we call it negative sentiment override - when couples become so entangled in the negatives that they lose sight of what is actually going well.

Within the last decade, the stigma around therapy has decreased significantly. While couples therapy once might have caused others’ to assume there was trouble, instability, or wrongdoing in the marriage, couples therapy now has proven to be a powerful catalyst for deepened connection and improved relationship satisfaction.

Premarital Counseling is a proactive step and investment in the health of your marriage. By engaging in relationship education, meaningful conversations, and practicing positive relationship skills, you gain the confidence, skills and mentality necessary to thrive in marriage. Healthy and happy marriages don’t just happen naturally. They are intentional, action-oriented, and resilient.