Simple wedding tips on a TV near you
Would you like some free tips on preparing for marriage? Would you like to see how one couple created a wedding that totally reflected their values and interests? Would you like to spend thirty minutes discovering how to simplify your wedding?
Marriage experts make our national television debut
If you’re looking for free, inspirational, and practical ideas for your wedding, be sure to watch the Simple Weddings episode of Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska. It’s a PBS show televised in most markets nationwide. It is due to air sometime between January 15 and January 22. To find out when it airs in your town, click here.
Here are some of the wedding resources you’ll find on the show:
- Be inspired by the wedding of Eddie McGee and Anna Nixon. This couple involved friends and family in creating their wedding ceremony. Their vehicles of choice after the reception were their bicycles.
- Marriage experts, none other than yours truly, Shonnie Lavender and Bruce Mulkey, share insights on how to write your own wedding vows and plan for a successful marriage right from the start.
- Get tips from wedding experts on creating a ceremony that is green, meaningful, and even low cost.
Please pass the word along to any friends who are engaged and looking for ideas on creating a meaningful, unique, and magical wedding. Feel free to stop by our blog after the show and let us know what you thought.
Become a magnet for love
“The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.”
~ Deepak Chopra
By now, most of you know about the movie, The Secret, which explains the Law of Attraction, and shows you how to begin using this tremendous power in your life. If
you’re excited about becoming a magnet for all that you truly desire — wealth, health, happiness, success, love — 2007 is a great year to put your intention to work with your attention.
If LOVE is what you’re seeking, I have a special opportunity just for you. I am hosting a coaching group designed to help you easily and joyfully attract your ideal mate into your life. This group, called AIM for Love (Attract your Ideal Mate), will show you how to use the Law of Attraction, visualization, and other potent tools to manifest your ideal love relationship. By joining this coaching group, you’ll be surrounding yourself with others on a similar path and you’ll benefit from the collective positive energy. You’ll have my professional coaching support each week and specific exercises designed to move you quickly into effective action.
Become a magnet for your true love!
Stop thinking about “if and when” you’ll have your dream relationship and start attracting the relationship of your dreams today!
Click here to learn more about AIM for Love. Just 8 spots are available. Bonus gifts are available if you register soon!
“We do not fall in love, we grow in love and love grows in us.”
~ Dr. Karl Menninger
The high price of poor listening. What is it costing you?
Are you missing opportunities because you’re not listening?
“My wife says I never listen to her. At least I think that’s what she said.”
~Anonymous
“Conversation: a vocal competition in which the one who is catching his breath is called the listener.”
~Anonymous
Do you ever have disagreements or fights with your partner because someone isn’t listening? Have you ever known that your wife/husband told you something important but you can’t remember what it was? Do you sometimes get distracted, bored, or annoyed in a conversation about a “difficult” issue?
If these quotes or scenarios ring a bell, you NEED this free complimentary class to improve one of your most important relationship skills — listening. Join us for a one hour introduction to effective listening. Below are the basic facts about this class. Click the title of the class to learn more or register.
Listening for Love: Effective Listening for Couples
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
7-8 p.m. Eastern
Via telephone conference call
(i.e., If you have a phone you can be in the class.)
Our three primary objectives for this communications class are to learn:
- Why effective listening is vital to a healthy relationship
- The crucial differences between “hearing” and “listening”
- Some of the barriers that prevent you from hearing what’s really being said
We look forward to hearing you on the call. Participate solo or invite your partner to join you. Learn more about Listening for Love or register now.
Listening for Love: A free teleclass for couples who want to communicate more effectively
Do you want to communicate better with your partner?
Do you want more intimacy in your relationship?
Do you want to hear what your mate is really saying?
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, join us for Listening for Love: Effective Listening for Couples a powerful and practical 55-minute introductory teleclass. During this free program you will learn:
- Why effective listening is vital to a healthy relationship
- The crucial differences between “hearing” and “listening”
- Some of the barriers that prevent you from hearing what’s really being said
In this introductory teleclass, we focus on effective listening, one of the most important, yet most neglected, of our communication skills. Some of the benefits couples who participate can expect are:
- Increased intimacy
- Deeper understanding–of your partner and from your partner
- Greater awareness about your own strengths and challenges as a listener
- More openness toward hearing “positive” or “negative” feedback
Listening for Love: Effective Listening for Couples is open to all couples (married or dating, heterosexual or homosexual, older or younger, currently struggling or currently satisfied). You are also welcome to join us if you’re not currently in a relationship.
Listening for Love is developed and taught by Shonnie Lavender and Bruce Mulkey, the wife and husband authors of I Do! I Do! The Marriage Vow Workbook. Shonnie is a certified coach, a graduate of Coach U, and an honors graduate in communications at The University of Texas at Austin. Bruce is a writer and former communications and marketing consultant with over 25 years dedicated to producing effective communications for organizations and companies throughout the U.S.
