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Successful Marriage 1 Hour Webinars

How does this work?

The webinars are only 1 hour each? Seriously?

Yes, they are purposefully intended to be only 1 hour each.  Isn't that great?!  It's so easy and doable... and that's the point.  It should feel light, comfortable, accessible, and not a major cramp on your lifestyle (hint:  this is how change is made...)

Does it hurt?

Nope.  Unless you consider getting a few laughs in, some tools to bond, and a deeper understanding of yourselves and how to come closer painful.  If so, I do not judge you, but this may not be for you. ;) 

Does everything change after 1 hour?

Yes!  Well, no.  But it can!  Every couple who takes these tools into their lives (5-15 minutes per day) notices a significant increase in:  closeness, security, love, bonding, intimacy, and wins the lottery.  (That last data point has not been fully researched yet.)  

What if we cannot attend for that time?

You will have access to the recording of the webinar for 30 days.  That means you have 30 days to listen to my jokes repeatedly over and over ad nauseum.  (FDA warning: may cause rolling of the eyes and gagging.)

Register today for: What is Romantic Love?

$50.00
Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

Registration Info:

Time:  July 19th, 1130 am to 1230 pm, CST


Where:   ONLINE


Cost:  $50 per couple


What is included?

  • Attendance to the 1 hour workshop online
  • Access to the recording for 30 days
  • Take home exercise

The Successful Marriage Seminar begins with the...

Building Lasting Connections® Syllabus

  1. What is love and how do we cultivate it?
  2. What is healthy communication and how do we do it?
  3. How can we work though conflict and create closeness?
  4. What's the truth about intimacy and how it plays out in long term relationships?
  5. How do we keep our love alive and thriving for a lifetime?


You are invited to...

Experience the art of emotional sharing and listening.

The Building Lasting Connections®  research based systematic guide to Communicating for Closeness is a structured systematic approach to comfortably engage in our emotional bond.

Understand how couples get caught in negative cycles, and learn a developed research based approach on how to work through those moments.

Decades of research discoveries on how couples bond is presented in simple concise ways filled with "Aha!" moments for you as a couple to listen, laugh, and experientially learn in a comfortable space of relational mindset growth.

Experience wisdom, comfort, and connection to take with you for a lifetime of love.

True knowledge is only integrated when you know and experience it.  Each seminar will conclude with a practical tool to apply to your relationship, implementing these concepts into your bond.

Register today for: What is Romantic Love?

$50.00
Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

Registration Info:

Time:  July 19th, 1130 am to 1230 pm, CST


Where:   ONLINE


Cost:  $50 per couple


What is included?

  • Attendance to the 1 hour workshop online
  • Access to the recording for 30 days
  • Take home exercise

About me, Josh, your facilitator

Professional Background

As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor, I have been working with couples for 2 decades in building their connection. 


After 100s of hours giving seminars and workshops to couples, and thousands of hours working privately with couples, I am always looking for the most up-to-date research and experiences to share with the masses to build their bonds!

Personal background

 My wife and I have been married for over 20 years.  Along with her regular job, she's the mother of our rambunctious bunch.  We strive to work regularly on our relationship, enjoyed attending multiple couples workshop together, and eventually when our kids are older, I hope she'll join me in offering these workshops together. (Maybe if I include her pic with me she'll feel more inclined...)

What are couples saying about Josh's couples seminars?

Manya T.

"Our experience at the workshop with Josh was a true catharsis. We began tense, unsure, and perpetuating many of the patterns that threaten the integrity of our bond. As we stuck with the material, we found ourselves grateful for Josh's candor and humor, and we were able to borrow his optimism that we would emerge from the workshop with skills to enrich our connection. By the end, we were laughing, playful and ready to continue the work at home. 

Tina S.

 “...My husband and I were both surprised to learn about the emotions behind some of our long standing conflicts. Josh brought both his great sense of humor as well as his deep compassion to teaching us this vulnerable approach to connecting with each other. We walked away feeling a renewed sense of love and commitment to each other."   

Jeff G.

 "Josh has such a calming style and helps to create a safe space for any couple, whether together for one year or fifty, to deepen their connection and recharge their relationship. I found the workshop stimulating, informative, engaging, and the opportunity to explore my own marriage to be refreshing."  

Frequently Asked Questions

 Couples who would like to incorporate cutting edge research-based understanding and positive change in their relationship. It is great for engaged or newly wed couples who want to start of on the right foot, and it's also for couples who have been together for decades and want to bring fresh insight and connection into their bond.


Is there anyone the workshop is not for them?  Yes, if one or both partners are actively having an affair, actively pursuing an addiction (sex, drugs, gambling, etc), or is strongly committed to leaving the relationship. Those factors will prevent the secure bond the seminar kindles for couples.


I'm a therapist.  Can I come with my partner?  Yes!  Many therapists have gained tremendously both professionally and personally from the seminar.  


We are a religious Christian / Jewish / Muslim couple.  Will the workshop be comfortable for us?  I believe it will be.  And I would be happy to go over any concerns you may have.  Religious couples from practices of all different types of backgrounds have attended and felt comfortable.  


Register today for: What is Romantic Love?

$50.00
Pay with PayPal or a debit/credit card

Registration Info:

Time:  July 19th, 1130 am to 1230 pm, CST


Where:   ONLINE


Cost:  $50 per couple


What is included?

  • Attendance to the 1 hour workshop online
  • Access to the recording for 30 days
  • Take home exercise

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  • Emotional Intimacy
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  • Meet Josh
  • Testimonials
  • Fees and Insurance
  • Insights & Tools to Bond
  • Contact Josh
  • HMT Chicago Registration
  • Online Couples Counseling
  • Trainings for Therapists