Love today is under tremendous pressure. Today we live in an age of a 50% divorce rate and many people who stay married are not nearly as happy as they could be. The statistics on second marriages are even worse. Relationships today are consistently challenged by busy and stressful lives, emotional burnout, unrealistic expectations, cultural myths, and constant distraction. With half of all marriages ending in divorce, it's easy to wonder: Is lasting love even possible anymore? The answer is yes—but not by chance. It takes work and effective work but it will be the most meaningful work you ever engage in. Many people wait to learn relationship skills until their relationship is in trouble. This can help and change things but it becomes harder. The best time to learn relationship skills is even before you find a great person for your life and all during the course of your relationship from the start . This course/ workbook was created to help you become an active builder of lasting love. It’s grounded in timeless wisdom, modern relationship science, and practical tools that couples can use every day to strengthen connection, heal wounds, deepen trust, and grow through all of life’s seasons. It isn’t about learning all kinds of things at once but something you can use a little at a time to incorporate new understanding, beliefs and actions into your relationship that will enable it to thrive. This course will be invaluable even if you are not in a relationship right now and want to create a great one in the future. We also teach you how to use this course a little at a time with your partner since this process of making love thrive has to involve both of you. This process is a really effective way to bond and show your commitment to each other and to making your relationship thrive. You don’t need a perfect partner or to be one or to have perfect circumstances. You just need the willingness to show up with love, honesty, and care—and to work on making a relationship grow and thrive a little each day. Course sections are short and easy to understand. They treat a main point, why it is important, ways you can create results in this area as well as ways to use your happiness, motivation and empowerment journal to increase self awareness and come up with goals you can put into action to create a relationship that thrives. When you finish it you can use it as an ongoing reference to continue learning and reinforcing essential beliefs, attitudes and actions that will make your relationship thrive.