Experience the PAIRS Essentials Course: Strengthening Relationships, One Monday at a Time
Monday nights are about to take on a whole new meaning for couples, parents, and individuals seeking deeper connections and…
PAIRS Essentials Marriage Education Class Begins August 5th: Register Now
The PAIRS Foundation is excited to announce a new session of its highly acclaimed PAIRS Essentials Marriage Education Class, beginning…
Five Steps to Better Relationships with More Joy, Intimacy
The five easy to follow steps of the PAIRS Daily Temperature Reading exercise helps couples create better relationships with more…
Cutting edge AI boosts healthy relationships, social and emotional learning for youth and adults
Meet Yodi, a cutting edge AI-powered relationship coach and mentor that boosts social and emotional learning; now available on the…
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If it were a real life, you would have received instructions
"This life is a test; it is only a test. If it were a real life, you would have received…
Fewer celebrity break-ups, but still challenges for America’s marriages
There were fewer high profile celebrity divorces in 2015, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t lots of couples who were…
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Can Couples Keep that Loving Feeling?
Can couples in a marriage and relationship skills training retreat learn to keep that loving feeling alive? Will those who…
My Sweet Baton Rouge
Mike and Barb were no longer that young couple in love. They were in a weekend retreat searching for any…
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“He will wipe away every tear …”
“I’d like the fighting to stop,” Barbara said. “I’d like the pain to stop. I’d like to stop feeling angry,…
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Will marriage equality end Evelyn and Kathy’s 10-year relationship?
Evelyn smiled, not surprised that bringing her wife to the weekend marriage retreat would raise some eyebrows. The couple hadn’t…
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Should Mike and Barb Save Their Marriage? Will They?
Entering the conference room within a few inches of each other, the gulf between the couple betrayed canyons of hostility…
Appreciations Important for Love
Couples and families who create a habit of appreciating each other tend to be happier, healthier and enjoy more fulfilling…
$100 Million Reveals Who Can Save Your Marriage
The person who will save your marriage is closer than you may have realized. The most significant study ever conducted…
Landmark study finds skills training improves marriage happiness, but doesn’t reduce divorce
A landmark national study of 9,363 low-income, married men and women in eight American cities found many of those who…
Conscious Uncoupling, Conscious Coupling
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have started a national conversation about the idea of conscious uncoupling. Is the phrase an…
PAIRS Foundation Tops 100,000 Facebook Fans
More than 100,000 people are now connected to PAIRS Foundation on Facebook.
Marriage, for the Love of it
If the Miami Heat's performance was the success measure, more couples would be happily married.
Virginia Satir’s Most Memorable Words of Wisdom
This week, Fatherhood Channel is celebrating Virginia Satir's 97th birthday with some of our favorite Virginia Satir quotes. PAIRS Foundation,…
Relationship Coach Dianna Nash Helps Couples “Talk it Out” for Better Marriages
Dianna Nash was raised in a single-parent household. "Because of that lifestyle," she says, "I always wanted to be apart…
Chaplain Sharon Wheaton Helps U.S. Navy Couples Learn Skills to Navigate Trying Times
As a chaplain at Naval Station Norfolk, the worlds largest Naval Station, Lt. Sharon Wheaton helps military families find the…
Chaplain Len Driskell: Helping Coast Guardsmen Find Strength and Healing
"Marriage and Relationship Education builds a resiliency in a couple that means they are more able to face the inevitable…
New Paradigm Emerging for Helping Veterans Heal
Strong marriages and families may be the most effective tool for helping Veterans overcome visible and invisible wounds of war.…
Initiative Aims to Disrupt Homelessness for South Florida Veteran Families
Four of South Florida’s leading nonprofits with a long track record of service to Veterans were awarded $1 million by…
I Am ME: Hampton VA Chief of Chaplains Sue Cross
Hampton VA Chief of Chaplains Sue Cross encourages her staff to have dreams and works to give them resources to…
Wendi Deng Murdoch Stands by Her Man
It wasn't Rupert Murdoch's global media empire or money that protected him from an attacker during questioning before a committee…
Marriage Ed Proposal for Bachelorette Ashley Hebert
A marriage education proposal for Bachelorette Ashley Hebert could help millions of viewers learn more about the foundation of lasting…
I Am ME: Seth Eisenberg, Weston, Florida
Seth Eisenberg had a front row seat to the birth of marriage and relationship education. In an "I am ME"…
Carmageddon’s Gift for Detoured Couples, Families
As Carmageddon began, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced their own marriage detour. For the 60-75% of Southern California couples…
How Nine Hours in a Classroom Can Change a Life
How can nine hours in a marriage and relationship education class help couples speeding towards separation or divorce suddenly embrace…
Relationship Skills Classes Gaining Traction
More and more couples are participating in marriage education and relationship skills training. Two recent studies provide strong scientific evidence…
I Am ME: Susan Smith, Muslim Family Matters
Susan Smith, founder of Muslim Family Matters, says relationship skills training helped her become more open, accepting and appreciative. As…
Study Shows Lasting Gains from Marriage Education
A large, multi-year, federally-funded study of South Florida couples shows significant improvements in relationship consensus, cohesion, satisfaction, and affection a…
Helping Others Begins with Looking After Ourselves
The BBC reports on helping aid workers better understand and care for themselves as the foundation to helping others.
New Approach Boosts Skills-Building for Veterans
The Veterans Administration is helping chaplains and behavioral health specialists learn new approaches to improve the well-being and resiliency of…
I Am ME: Dr. Shirley Johnson, Miami, Florida
Dr. Shirley Johnson began working for civil rights at the age of 10, inspired by the example of her father…
Divorce Reform Challenges Marriage Educators
Proposed divorce reform legislation challenges the field of marriage education to be sure programs make a lasting, positive difference for…
Texas Couple Eat, Breathe Football and Marriage
Cecil and Mary Robinson eat and breathe football and a passion for empowering couples to win at marriage.
Coalition Pitches Speed Bumps to Slow Divorce Pace
A non-partisan group of experts, scholars, and concerned citizens have come together to urge states to put the brakes on…
I Am ME: Kirk Johnson, Matters of the Heart
For Kirk Johnson, skills training is the foundation for understanding and navigating matters of the heart. Widely known as "Mr.…
I Am ME: Steffon and Audrey Josey, Miami, Florida
When couples began approaching Pastors Steffon and Audrey Josey about relationship issues, they realized they needed concrete, practical, proven solutions.…
I Am ME: Fabiola Ana Torrez, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fabiola Ana Torrez teaches relationship building skills to parents of special needs children in South Florida to help them face…
I Am ME: Lauren DelGandio, Weston, Florida
Lauren DelGandio came to a marriage education class in 2007 for skills to strengthen her marriage of 14 years. Four…
Top Ten Gifts That Say, “I Love You”
Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, says a leather recliner is one of the gifts men most appreciate…
Helping Children Cope with Stress of Deployment
Military families are learning skills to strengthen family resilience before, during and after deployment. Marriage education and relationship skills exercises…
Should I Make-Up or Break-Up?
Should you make-up or break-up? PAIRS CEO Seth Eisenberg shares some of the typical statements he hears from people on…
Reese Witherspoon, Jim Toth Creating Their Destiny
Like the characters in her new film, Water for Elephants, newlyweds Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are busy creating their…
I Am ME: VA Chaplain Ed Waldrop is Changing Lives
Chaplain Ed Waldrop is changing lives for military and veteran families through his service at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical…
COUPLES: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Marriage education was introduced as a "preventive maintenance" approach to sustaining love and strengthening families in this 1982 Washington Post…