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.