Yuba-Sutter Healthy Marriage Project

Newly Married

Congratulations on your recent wedding!

Being married isn't always "unending bliss".  In fact, more than half of newly married couples express shock and surprise at the amount of conflict they experience with their new spouses within six months of hearing wedding bells.  So, if the luster has come off the rose in your marriage, don't be alarmed; it's only natural.  In this section we provide some resources that are specifically geared for couples who are recently married.  These programs give you the foundation and support you need to begin the process of building a marriage that will last forever.  Check out the "Marriage Classes" to find courses that teach the necessary skills to survive and thrive in a married relationship.

10 Great Dates

10 Great Dates has been created to provide a platform from which a couple can recharge the fun and conversation essential for a growing marriage.

The 10 Great Dates program provides an element of accountability to help couples talk with one another, connect with other couples, and to stimulate the emotional intimacy and fun that enables couples to take the next step of communicating and living out their commitment to spiritual discovery and growth.

Building a great marriage is not so much knowing what to do, as it is doing what you know.  And until you act upon what you know, you'll never really make any changes at all.

Dating can add life and laughter to your marriage!

You will gain valuable insights into what makes a successful marriage work, and as you date, you can put these new insights into practice.

Who is 10 Great Dates for?

For all those who want to energize and make their marriage better -- newlyweds, empty nesters, and especially for parents!  All marriages experience similar problems, but the key difference in those that are successful is the couple's desire to grow, adapt to each other, and cope.

Couples will discover how to experience marital growth, how to develop your own marital coping system, and even how to use anger and conflict in a creative way to actually build your marriage partnership.  And you will do this while having ten fun dates!