We can expect great things when love, commitment and skill come together — relationship education achieves this.
We can expect great things when love, commitment and skill come together — relationship education achieves this.
Are you looking for help
Anyone in love to keep their connection strong, couples who want to do maintenance (just like our houses and cars to stop greater issues at a later date) or couples who have lost their way – off track and on auto pilot but want to get back to the feelings of connection and love (“like each other” again), pre marriage education, readiness to say “I do/we can”, bringing baby home, singles wanting to wise up on the research and/or clients who are looking to find love again after separation or divorce – so really everyone! The sessions are interesting, fun and visual with time for reflection or questions at the clients comfort level.
Single and looking for support in the the world of love or feeling a little lost? We are here.
Ready to take that next big step Pre Marriage preparation can key to a stronger growing relationship.
One of the greatest hurdles for couples introducing a buddle of joy into the home, but don't forget who you are building a family with.
Finding Love again after Separated/Divorced Males/Females
If you feel like you are in a rut, resentful, more like flatmates than partners, on auto pilot, find yourself in constraint stage and want something different then this workshop is for you.
Married or long term committed couples, empty nesters &/or retirees in maintenance session
Read the website and workshop aims Work out your preferred option face to face, Zoom or Cafe express presentation
Contact Robyn to discuss and confirm options suitable to your selected dates together or correspond to your preferred schedule.
Robyn will send registration, questions for Getting to know you session and confirm appointment time.
Sessions are either via Zoom or in person at private locations (nominated by you or Robyn) as well as an idea called "Cafe Express - Relationship Wise Up" wherein Robyn has negotiated with local cafes in Newcastle for private areas to run an info session, this can be a taster for a private session exploring further or just to 'whet your appetite' with the 7 top hints of the research facilitated with an agenda and handouts, it is very visual with loads of practical ideas and “take away messages” or even a “walk & talk” at the Beach, Harbour or Park session if this is preferred. Sessions are 1.20 hr in length. Connect with Robyn via MOB or email, for fees and best option for you.
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Strengthening Us before Bubs (Gottman Bringing Home Baby)
Our FAQs
We can help answer any of your questions you may have about your relationships or Pre-relationships, to make you feel more secure and confident!
I offer tailored sessions for singles, dating, pre-marriage couples, new or expecting parents, long-term couples, and those finding love again after separation or divorce. Sessions can be in-person, online, or casual “Café Express” formats. The advantage of my private practice Stronger Relationships, I can meet you where you are at, in regards your knowledge, issues or relationship status.
Not Counselling, No, my sessions are psycho education or coaching for knowledge and practical skills relating to evidence-based research. They are facilitated so you can be presented with research on red flags, green flags, predictors of successful long committed relationships. you will walk away with the understanding of the concepts and principles as well as tools, strategies & solutions to strengthen your relationships and manage conflict.
Sessions typically run for 1 hour and 20 minutes, allowing enough time for learning, sharing, discussion and reflection without feeling rushed.
Yes! I offer convenient online sessions via Zoom so you can participate from the comfort of your home, anywhere in Australia.
No problem. Contact me directly, and I’ll be happy to help you choose the session or program that best fits your relationship stage and goals.
It’s a casual, bite-sized introduction to key relationship principles held at selected Newcastle cafés. In a private setting you’ll get practical tips, handouts and the chance to ask questions in a relaxed environment, about future sessions or agenda plans to meet your needs.
You can contact me directly by phone at 0412 637 090 or email [email protected] to discuss your needs and arrange a time that suits you. No online bookings at this stage.
The outcome
Together 20 years
“Robyn is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and passionate relationship educator.
Her ability to connect and engage with people is a unique quality rarely found.
She is able to translate couple research and theory into real life practices that anyone can adapt in their daily life………”
Clients
We cannot speak highly enough of Robyn’s Marriage and Relationship Education sessions for pre-marriage and parenting.
Before our wedding, we were required to complete the course and we both approached it with a mix of nerves and uncertainty. However, from the moment we met Robyn, we felt at ease. By the time we finished, we had gained valuable tools and knowledge to begin our married life on the right path — and a newfound appreciation for this type of education.
Robyn’s guidance has had a lasting impact on our lives and she has remained a treasured friend to our family ever since. We wholeheartedly recommend her sessions to any young couple or future parents.
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Mon-Fri: 10:00 - 21:45
Sunday: Closed
Dunlap Ave D17, Phoenix
Arizona 85021 USA
0800 212 123 45 67
0800 212 123 45 67
Relationships have changed so much, in the world we are now living. Different generations, different phrases and words, with advances in social media, AI, computers and phones. People often want a relationship but can become very “I” focused, distracted, overwhelmed and lose sight of priorities, building a strong relationship or even know what it takes, due to what they have experienced in their own family, friends or hurts in past experiences.
Robyn will share evidence-based research that informs how to create connected healthy safe relationships awareness of predictors of relationship meltdowns or strained relationships, positive qualities to look for in the people you are meeting & dating, compatibility questions, what to avoid with regards red flags, collecting data to ensure you are “deciding not sliding”, examples of questions to ask, positive & negative patterns to observe to create healthy strong relationships.
These sessions are great for clients starting out from pre teen to senior or students, anyone using apps to meet people or if you are deciding on next commitment stage in the relationship, new in a relationship, deciding to move in, or pending an engagement.
Preparing for a wedding is such an exciting but often exhausting time with so much to organise for the big day, so many people to please. However. we all know after the wedding, our family & guests go back to their lives and we now live a new lifestyle called Marriage – it’s why we say our vows to commit to our best friend, to do life with, create a family of our own, or goals together as a couple.
So take this opportunity to make the wedding about your relationship and future, reflect and prepare for the life long promises for a strong marriage where you can have a sound strong friendship, create rituals and deal with the differences which will arise throughout all stages of your marriage.
In these sessions we will be firming up the strong foundations of your friendship by utilising the research, sharing with you predictors to look out for, principles of success and longevity based on evidence, to get through all seasons of your marriage.
Topics include: Two dimensions of long term commitment personal dedication vs constraint stage, awareness of auto pilot vs intentional marriages, know the signs of eroding personal dedication and how to reinstate it, managing conflict including stress reducing conversation, negative patterns of behaviours to avoid and creating couple rituals which research says is the glue that keeps you connected. Robyn uses the research to help you to strengthen your couple partnership now and into the future, so as to live your vows daily and reach your happily ever after.
Target clients, first or second time marriages or making a commitment to move in together with a view of permanence and longevity whether a wedding ceremony is planned or not.
As Relationship Researcher Dr Gottman says, “The best gift you can give your children is a strong relationship between you two” “7 out of 10 new parents have a drop in relationship satisfaction in the first three years of a babies life” – can all be normal. “The birth of a child, is the birth of a parent”. None of us know what is ahead, post baby being born.
New parents are so excited to hold and meet their new baby. This time can also be overwhelming, tiring and we can lose our patience with each other or we have miscommunication or indifference increases.
New roles, exhaustion and still having to work, run a business or run a house, maybe have another toddler to attend to, can all impact on the couple as individuals and as partners. There is also our social life and extended family to manage, sometimes set new boundaries with. Strengthening Us Before Bubs can be attended before or after the birth of a baby, depending on your commitments and work schedule.
These sessions are to assist you with confidence by supporting and walking beside you to ensure your experience of parenting is a positive one and your relationship is strengthened post the sessions.
These sessions will ensure the couple foundations are strong and sound before or after bubs arrival. Learn how a stronger friendship, the ME to We/Us concept, and building emotional connection by adding deposits to your emotional bank account will assist in managing our differences. Ideas of co-operative play, creating rituals and memories to strengthen family ties. Looking at the positive principles that predict relationship satisfaction post baby and into the future. Understanding conflict is a crushing of your hopes, goals, dreams or expectations by your partner (intentionally or unintentionally), learn what repair is, how this concept saves relationships and marriages.
This workshop supports & celebrates couples on the next part of their journey when expanding their family pre or post baby. Clients can also include foster parents or guardianship of a family member’s child.
Relationships have changed so much, in the world we are now living. Different generations, different phrases and words, with advances in social media, AI, computers and phones. People often want a relationship but can become very “I” focused, distracted, overwhelmed and lose sight of priorities, building a strong relationship or even know what it takes, due to what they have experienced in their own family, friends or hurts in past experiences.
Robyn will share evidence-based research that informs how to create connected healthy safe relationships awareness of predictors of relationship meltdowns or strained relationships, positive qualities to look for in the people you are meeting & dating, compatibility questions, what to avoid with regards red flags, collecting data to ensure you are “deciding not sliding”, examples of questions to ask, positive & negative patterns to observe to create healthy strong relationships.
These sessions are great for clients starting out from pre teen to senior or students, anyone using apps to meet people or if you are deciding on next commitment stage in the relationship, new in a relationship, deciding to move in, or pending an engagement.
Relationships have changed so much, in the world we are now living. Different generations, different phrases and words, with advances in social media, AI, computers and phones. People often want a relationship but can become very “I” focused, distracted, overwhelmed and lose sight of priorities, building a strong relationship or even know what it takes, due to what they have experienced in their own family, friends or hurts in past experiences.
Robyn will share evidence-based research that informs how to create connected healthy safe relationships awareness of predictors of relationship meltdowns or strained relationships, positive qualities to look for in the people you are meeting & dating, compatibility questions, what to avoid with regards red flags, collecting data to ensure you are “deciding not sliding”, examples of questions to ask, positive & negative patterns to observe to create healthy strong relationships.
These sessions are great for clients starting out from pre teen to senior or students, anyone using apps to meet people or if you are deciding on next commitment stage in the relationship, new in a relationship, deciding to move in, or pending an engagement.
If you feel like you are in a rut, rensentful, more like flatmates than partners, on auto pilot, find yourself in constraint stage and want something different then this workshop is for you. It is interesting, informative and interactive with sections of couple sharing, but no private intimacy information will be shared.
These sessions aim to change the negative thoughts and feelings to a positive perspective, as you did when you dated or were newly together in the “win & chase stage or romantic love”. Understanding there is a normal second stage when our personal dedication may erode and this stage takes more effort, need for intentionality or awareness. Are you ready for this change and want to work for it. If all of the above feels familiar then this workshop is for you. Some couples do not seek help at all or until it is too late and “throw the baby out with the bath water”, when the relationship could actually be saved by reflecting on the current lack of connection and learning the research and new patterns, letting go of the resentment and hurt, take responsibility for the part you play, leading to different outcomes to what you are living now.
You can attend as a couple or solo to hear evidence-based research about why personal dedication eroded and why it feels like you are in this stage or situation. You will be exposed to the research what couples did to achieve their hope of reconnecting as a couple. The reality is you can move forward as a more connected couple, just like you first hoped and dreamt about in the early days.
After journeying together starting out dating, all positive, some couples feel like they are on auto pilot, juggling, putting everything else before the couple relationship, living like a team in the office or business, it is now time to review your relationship and reconnect. In this workshop, we will explore together the research relating to how you can enjoy your time with a closer connection moving forward. No matter what age, length of time together or stage your relationship is at, it’s time for you as a couple, your stage could be with a young family, step family, empty nester or retirees but it is about you now.
Topics covered include creating new rituals, setting boundaries, new goals, spending time together, difference of I to We or ME to WE, reminiscing about the positive parts of your journey and the shared memories to become a more connected and conscious, intentional couple once again. How to be each other ‘No. 1 Fan Club Member” once again.
Increase emotional banking, understanding bids and accepting bids, the principle of turning towards each other, understanding the stage you are at, creating new and important couple rituals, iceberg concept & skill to manage same, conflict/indifferences, accepting influence from your partner & importance of repair.
Relationships have changed so much, in the world we are now living. Different generations, different phrases and words, with advances in social media, AI, computers and phones. People often want a relationship but can become very “I” focused, distracted, overwhelmed and lose sight of priorities, building a strong relationship or even know what it takes, due to what they have experienced in their own family, friends or hurts in past experiences.
Robyn will share evidence-based research that informs how to create connected healthy safe relationships awareness of predictors of relationship meltdowns or strained relationships, positive qualities to look for in the people you are meeting & dating, compatibility questions, what to avoid with regards red flags, collecting data to ensure you are “deciding not sliding”, examples of questions to ask, positive & negative patterns to observe to create healthy strong relationships.
These sessions are great for clients starting out from pre teen to senior or students, anyone using apps to meet people or if you are deciding on next commitment stage in the relationship, new in a relationship, deciding to move in, or pending an engagement.
Preparing for a wedding is such an exciting but often exhausting time with so much to organise for the big day, so many people to please. However. we all know after the wedding, our family & guests go back to their lives and we now live a new lifestyle called Marriage – it’s why we say our vows to commit to our best friend, to do life with, create a family of our own, or goals together as a couple.
So take this opportunity to make the wedding about your relationship and future, reflect and prepare for the life long promises for a strong marriage where you can have a sound strong friendship, create rituals and deal with the differences which will arise throughout all stages of your marriage.
In these sessions we will be firming up the strong foundations of your friendship by utilising the research, sharing with you predictors to look out for, principles of success and longevity based on evidence, to get through all seasons of your marriage.
Topics include: Two dimensions of long term commitment personal dedication vs constraint stage, awareness of auto pilot vs intentional marriages, know the signs of eroding personal dedication and how to reinstate it, managing conflict including stress reducing conversation, negative patterns of behaviours to avoid and creating couple rituals which research says is the glue that keeps you connected. Robyn uses the research to help you to strengthen your couple partnership now and into the future, so as to live your vows daily and reach your happily ever after.
Target clients, first or second time marriages or making a commitment to move in together with a view of permanence and longevity whether a wedding ceremony is planned or not.
As Relationship Researcher Dr Gottman says, “The best gift you can give your children is a strong relationship between you two” “7 out of 10 new parents have a drop in relationship satisfaction in the first three years of a babies life” – can all be normal. “The birth of a child, is the birth of a parent”. None of us know what is ahead, post baby being born.
New parents are so excited to hold and meet their new baby. This time can also be overwhelming, tiring and we can lose our patience with each other or we have miscommunication or indifference increases.
New roles, exhaustion and still having to work, run a business or run a house, maybe have another toddler to attend to, can all impact on the couple as individuals and as partners. There is also our social life and extended family to manage, sometimes set new boundaries with. Strengthening Us Before Bubs can be attended before or after the birth of a baby, depending on your commitments and work schedule.
These sessions are to assist you with confidence by supporting and walking beside you to ensure your experience of parenting is a positive one and your relationship is strengthened post the sessions.
These sessions will ensure the couple foundations are strong and sound before or after bubs arrival. Learn how a stronger friendship, the ME to We/Us concept, and building emotional connection by adding deposits to your emotional bank account will assist in managing our differences. Ideas of co-operative play, creating rituals and memories to strengthen family ties. Looking at the positive principles that predict relationship satisfaction post baby and into the future. Understanding conflict is a crushing of your hopes, goals, dreams or expectations by your partner (intentionally or unintentionally), learn what repair is, how this concept saves relationships and marriages.
This workshop supports & celebrates couples on the next part of their journey when expanding their family pre or post baby. Clients can also include foster parents or guardianship of a family member’s child.
Relationships have changed so much, in the world we are now living. Different generations, different phrases and words, with advances in social media, AI, computers and phones. People often want a relationship but can become very “I” focused, distracted, overwhelmed and lose sight of priorities, building a strong relationship or even know what it takes, due to what they have experienced in their own family, friends or hurts in past experiences.
Robyn will share evidence-based research that informs how to create connected healthy safe relationships awareness of predictors of relationship meltdowns or strained relationships, positive qualities to look for in the people you are meeting & dating, compatibility questions, what to avoid with regards red flags, collecting data to ensure you are “deciding not sliding”, examples of questions to ask, positive & negative patterns to observe to create healthy strong relationships.
These sessions are great for clients starting out from pre teen to senior or students, anyone using apps to meet people or if you are deciding on next commitment stage in the relationship, new in a relationship, deciding to move in, or pending an engagement.
Relationships have changed so much, in the world we are now living. Different generations, different phrases and words, with advances in social media, AI, computers and phones. People often want a relationship but can become very “I” focused, distracted, overwhelmed and lose sight of priorities, building a strong relationship or even know what it takes, due to what they have experienced in their own family, friends or hurts in past experiences.
Robyn will share evidence-based research that informs how to create connected healthy safe relationships awareness of predictors of relationship meltdowns or strained relationships, positive qualities to look for in the people you are meeting & dating, compatibility questions, what to avoid with regards red flags, collecting data to ensure you are “deciding not sliding”, examples of questions to ask, positive & negative patterns to observe to create healthy strong relationships.
These sessions are great for clients starting out from pre teen to senior or students, anyone using apps to meet people or if you are deciding on next commitment stage in the relationship, new in a relationship, deciding to move in, or pending an engagement.
If you feel like you are in a rut, rensentful, more like flatmates than partners, on auto pilot, find yourself in constraint stage and want something different then this workshop is for you. It is interesting, informative and interactive with sections of couple sharing, but no private intimacy information will be shared.
These sessions aim to change the negative thoughts and feelings to a positive perspective, as you did when you dated or were newly together in the “win & chase stage or romantic love”. Understanding there is a normal second stage when our personal dedication may erode and this stage takes more effort, need for intentionality or awareness. Are you ready for this change and want to work for it. If all of the above feels familiar then this workshop is for you. Some couples do not seek help at all or until it is too late and “throw the baby out with the bath water”, when the relationship could actually be saved by reflecting on the current lack of connection and learning the research and new patterns, letting go of the resentment and hurt, take responsibility for the part you play, leading to different outcomes to what you are living now.
You can attend as a couple or solo to hear evidence-based research about why personal dedication eroded and why it feels like you are in this stage or situation. You will be exposed to the research what couples did to achieve their hope of reconnecting as a couple. The reality is you can move forward as a more connected couple, just like you first hoped and dreamt about in the early days.
After journeying together starting out dating, all positive, some couples feel like they are on auto pilot, juggling, putting everything else before the couple relationship, living like a team in the office or business, it is now time to review your relationship and reconnect. In this workshop, we will explore together the research relating to how you can enjoy your time with a closer connection moving forward. No matter what age, length of time together or stage your relationship is at, it’s time for you as a couple, your stage could be with a young family, step family, empty nester or retirees but it is about you now.
Topics covered include creating new rituals, setting boundaries, new goals, spending time together, difference of I to We or ME to WE, reminiscing about the positive parts of your journey and the shared memories to become a more connected and conscious, intentional couple once again. How to be each other ‘No. 1 Fan Club Member” once again.
Increase emotional banking, understanding bids and accepting bids, the principle of turning towards each other, understanding the stage you are at, creating new and important couple rituals, iceberg concept & skill to manage same, conflict/indifferences, accepting influence from your partner & importance of repair.
