The Program — Eight Segments

Sixty days to become the man
your marriage actually needs.

Eight weekly 1-on-1 sessions. Each one builds on the last. The men who do the work between sessions are the ones who see real change.

Every segment has a purpose. Nothing is filler.

The 60 days move in a deliberate sequence — from honest identification of the problem, through the hardest internal work, into the practical rebuilding of the marriage.

Weeks 1–2

Name What Is Actually Happening

Weeks 3–4

Deal With What Is Driving It

Weeks 5–6

Rebuild What Broke Down

Weeks 7–8

Sustain Who He Is Becoming

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Week 1
The Hazard Assessment
Before we can fix anything, we must know what we are dealing with.

This is not an intake form. It is a conversation. You tell the story of your marriage in your own words — not the polished version, the honest one. Together we identify the primary hazard: the pattern that is doing the most damage right now. Everything that follows is built on what we name here.

You Leave With A clear name for what is actually breaking your marriage — not a vague sense that something is wrong, but a specific, honest identification of the pattern you are running.

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." — Jeremiah 29:11

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Week 2
The Anger Hazard
When the signal becomes the weapon.

Anger is not the whole problem. It is a signal sitting on top of something else — fear, hurt, pride, loneliness, a threatened sense of identity. The problem is what a man does with that signal. This segment applies the Five Fundamentals directly to anger: identifying it, understanding what is underneath it, building a procedure for the moment it arrives, and managing the discomfort of changing a pattern that has been there for years.

You Leave With A 4-step anger procedure you can actually use in the moment, and the discipline of tracking what triggers you — not to shame yourself, but to understand the signal.

"Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down on your anger." — Ephesians 4:26

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Week 3
Safe Enough to Be Honest
How to talk so the marriage can actually heal.

Most struggling marriages do not fail because people stopped caring. They fail because both people stopped feeling safe enough to be honest. This segment teaches a communication framework built on three pillars: Compassion, which lowers the drawbridge; Ownership, which stops the blame and names what is real; and Consistent Follow-Through, which builds the trust that makes change believable over time.

You Leave With A practical communication structure you can use in the next hard conversation — not a script, but a framework that creates safety before the issue even lands.

"Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt." — Colossians 4:6

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Week 4
Cancel the Debt
The forgiveness framework.

Most men have unforgiveness they are carrying into the marriage — toward a parent, a previous relationship, or toward themselves. Unforgiveness does not stay contained. It leaks into every interaction, every conflict, every moment a man is asked to give something he does not believe he received. This segment walks through a concrete, four-step process: name the people, name the debt, cancel the debt, and mark it paid in full. Then it addresses the harder question of receiving grace instead of living under self-condemnation.

You Leave With A completed forgiveness exercise — not a feeling, but an act. The kind of release that actually changes what a man carries into his marriage every day.

"Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others." — Colossians 3:13

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Week 5
The Test
When you start changing, everything around you does too.

Most men expect that doing the right thing will produce immediate relief. It does not. Change creates friction — from his wife who does not trust the new version yet, from himself as old patterns fight to survive, and from circumstances that seem to intensify right when something real is shifting. This segment prepares a man for what real change actually looks like before it gets easier, and gives him the Romans 12:2 renewal framework for replacing the false narratives that fuel the old patterns.

You Leave With A three-step practice for naming, testing, and replacing the internal narratives that pull you back to your old pattern — even when your behavior is starting to change.

"I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished." — Philippians 1:6

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Week 6
Bring It Back
Rebuilding the laughter, the lightness, and the closeness that left.

In a hurting marriage, laughter is usually one of the first things to go. This segment focuses on what comes after the hard internal work — intentional, practical rebuilding of emotional intimacy and connection. Not through grand gestures, but through the small, consistent bids for connection that rebuild trust over time. Emotional intimacy is not the reward for a healthy marriage. It is the soil that a healthy marriage grows in.

You Leave With A daily practice of making one genuine bid for connection — no agenda, no demand for a response — and the discipline of listening when she answers the question: "When do you feel most connected to me?"

"Rejoice with the wife of your youth." — Proverbs 5:18

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Week 7
What Is This Teaching You?
Track the lessons or repeat them.

Experience alone does not produce growth. Evaluated experience does. This segment introduces the after-action review as a permanent discipline — a structured way of looking at what triggered you, what you were really feeling, what you did well, and what needs to change next time. It also includes an honest review of the full 60 days: identifying recurring patterns, capturing real wins, and writing a second letter to his wife that reflects the man he is becoming.

You Leave With A pattern inventory of your three most common triggers, the emotions underneath them, and whether your default response is actually getting you what you want — plus a written record of your top five wins from the 60 days.

"The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out." — Proverbs 18:15

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Week 8
The New Normal
Who he is now, and the life he is being built for.

This is not a graduation. It is a commissioning. The goal was never just to fix the marriage. The goal was to become the man a healthy marriage requires. The disciplines built during the 60 days are not temporary scaffolding — they are the structure going forward. This segment names what changed, celebrates the hard work honestly, and establishes the long-game accountability that keeps transformation from sliding back into old patterns.

You Leave With A clear accountability structure, a commissioning that names specifically what you have done and who you have become, and a plan for sustaining the man you have spent 60 days building.

"And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns." — Philippians 1:6

Everything a man needs to do the work well.

Every client receives the following alongside the weekly 1-on-1 segments. Nothing is an upsell. It is all part of the work.

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8 Weekly 60-Minute 1-on-1 Sessions

One man at a time. Never a group. Your story, your pattern, your work.

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Custom Segment Summary After Every Call

A one-page summary of what was covered, what you committed to, and what comes next.

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25-Question Pattern Assessment

Completed before Segment 1 so the work starts at the source, not the symptoms.

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Free DISC Personality Assessment

Adds a second layer of self-awareness that makes the coaching conversations sharper.

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Guided Journal Pages for Each Segment

The men who do the work between sessions see the most change. These make that work concrete.

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Daily Reminder Text or Email for 60 Days

One short, targeted message each day to keep the work in front of you between sessions.

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Marriage Hazard Assessment

Completed before Segment 1. Gives both of us the map before the first conversation.

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Cancel the Debt Worksheet + Romans 12:2 Mindset Cards

Tangible tools for the forgiveness work and the daily discipline of renewing your mind.

This works for men who are ready for three things.

This is not a passive program. The men who see real change are the ones who bring all three of these to the work.

Compassion

You will look at your history and your habits with zero shame. Not to excuse what you have done, but to understand it clearly enough to actually change it.

Ownership

You will stop looking at what she is doing and take absolute responsibility for your own patterns, your own choices, and your own healing. No exceptions.

Consistent Follow-Through

You will do the work between sessions. Decades of patterns do not change in a single breakthrough conversation. They change through daily reps until the new way becomes automatic.

The work starts with
knowing your pattern.

Twenty-five questions about what is actually happening in your marriage right now. Free. No sign-up required to take it.

Take the Free Assessment →

25 questions · About 6 minutes · No judgment