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The Knot's Hall of Fame Winner
For 5 years of excellence

     We're so glad you're here! Rock Your Relationship is passionate about couples like you and helping them to create beautiful, long-lasting relationships that both partners will love. Our program is the best of the best and backed by the latest scientific research, which states that taking a quality premarital course such as ours, will reduce your chances of divorce by 30% and that is great news for couples!

     We're here to help you succeed by teaching you the essentials: great communication skills that foster deeper understanding and connection, easy conflict resolution skills that are simple to use and will equip you to collaboratively resolve the most challenging conflicts. We'll even teach you a unique method to build a bridge back to each other after a nasty argument. We provide both faith-based and secular premarital.

     The popular Prepare-Enrich online assessment is included in our program and will quickly identify all of your strength and growth areas. We'll show you how to take your growth areas and make them a strength.

The Prepare-Enrich online assessment will be tailored to meet your individual requests for Secular/Non-Faith, Christian, Catholic or Jewish. 

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Class costs
Group Class $295

Private Premarital $430

Daylong  Class $340

Weekender $610

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Premarital Couples
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Rock Your Relationship was founded by Barbara Mackintosh, LMFT, CST in 2010 as a non-profit organization with two main goals – offer high quality Premarital Counseling and Wedding Officiating. Hundreds of couples attend our classes each year and give rave reviews for the reasonable pricing and relevant  curriculum that enables couples to grow together by creating new "our ways"while also learning how to communicate more effectively and resolve conflict without arguing or fighting.

 

Our process is structured to foster growth in all of the key areas of a couple's relationship. As couples work together to build the foundations of a healthy relationship, they are learning new skills that enable them to listen and understand the opinions and ideas of their partner. In essence, they are given the tools and skills that are necessary to co-create a relationship that they will love.

 

Our curriculum is based on a solid research foundation. Every couple will take the customized, strengths-oriented Prepare-Enrich assessment and learn new skill-building exercises that develop better communication and conflict resolution skills.

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Rock Your Relationship is considered the #1 Premarital Provider in the Twin Cities and has been inducted into The Knot's "Best of Weddings Hall of Fame" for Premarital and Wedding Officiating. This highly coveted award is only given to exceptional wedding professionals who have earned four or more of The Knot's annual "Best of Wedding Awards" representing the top 4% of local wedding vendors listed on The Knot.

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Rock Your Relationship offers four unique formats to choose from: 1) Private Premarital, 2) Group Premarital Classes, 3) Day-Long Group Premarital, and 4) Two-Day Weekender.

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All of our premarital options include a private session to review the results of the Prepare-Enrich online assessment.

Here's what premarital couples say about Rock Your Relationship...
BARBARA IS A WARM, DYNAMIC GROUP PRESENTER WHO POSSESSES AN EXPANSIVE BASE OF KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT WHAT MAKES COUPLES AND MARRIAGES STRONGER AND MORE CONNECTED.
Jennifer K.
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WE DID THE "WEEKENDER" FOR OUR PREMARITAL COUNSELING, AND WE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
BARBARA WALKED US THROUGH A WORKBOOK AND COMPATIBILITY ASSESSMENT THAT HELPED OPEN UP MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT COMMUNICATION, CONFLICT RESOLUTION,
LOVE LANGUAGES, AND OUR OWN TRIGGERS.
Leslie V.
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YOU WILL DISCOVER INSIGHT ABOUT YOURSELF, YOUR PARTNER AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP THROUGH
A BATTERY OF QUIZZES/HOMEWORK, GROUP CONVERSATIONS AND A PRIVATE SESSION.
BARBARA IS A PROFESSIONAL, PERSONABLE AND SINCERE FACILITATOR. ROCK YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT IN YOU AND YOUR PARTNER'S FUTURE!
Travis J.
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BARBARA GAVE GREAT ADVICE THAT WE STARTED USING FOR CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND
GENERAL RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE THAT HAS ALREADY WORKED WONDERS.
WE TOOK A VERY EXTENSIVE "ASSESSMENT" AT THE END AND SHE REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO GO OVER
ANSWERS AND CONCERNING AREAS WITH US SO IT TRULY FELT LIKE SHE LEFT NO STONE UN-TURNED.
IF WE EVER FEEL LIKE WE NEED HELP AGAIN WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO BARBRA.
Graham D.
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