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Staying a Couple After Kids

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Keep the relationship strong when the kids take everything. Ten minutes a day, dates you can have at home, fair fights and repair, shared nights and weekends: small habits, not grand gestures.

Ebook + Companion Planner

Keep the relationship strong when the kids take everything. Ten minutes a day, dates you can have at home, fair fights and repair, shared nights and weekends: small habits, not grand gestures.

Who it's for

  • Couples who feel more like co-workers than partners since the kids arrived
  • Parents who argue more and talk less, and want to get back to each other
  • New and experienced parents who want simple habits that fit real family life

What's inside

  • Start Here: what this is, how to use it in 3 steps, what to do today
  • Part 1 · What changes after kids: the 8 most common changes, normal vs needs attention, five myths, the first year stage by stage, your couple snapshot
  • Part 2 · The 10-minute daily connection: the 10 minutes step by step, 60 questions that are not about the kids, how to really listen, micro-moments, gratitude out loud
  • Part 3 · Date nights at home: the date rules, 30 at-home date ideas, a date tracker, 10-minute mini-dates, conversation starters, budget dates out
  • Part 4 · Fair fights: the 10 rules, soft starts, time-outs, 8 repair scripts, a fight replayed, the after-fight talk
  • Part 5 · Sharing the night shifts and weekends: night plans, the fair weekend, solo time, being a team in front of the kids
  • Part 6 · Intimacy and time: affection without expectation, talking about it kindly, planning without pressure, a 30-day reconnection plan
  • Part 7 · The yearly couple review: the 5-part agenda, questions to ask, three shared goals
  • Quick reference: the whole method on one page (print and keep)
  • Companion planner (14 pages, fillable): weekly couple check-in, 30 cut-out date-night cards, repair scripts card, yearly couple review (2 pages)
  • 22 ready-to-use scripts and filled examples throughout

How to use it

  1. Read Part 1 and each fill in the couple snapshot.
  2. Start the 10-minute daily connection tonight.
  3. Book one at-home date this week and do the weekly check-in on Sunday.

Formats and devices

  • Ebook: 60-page PDF, A5, reads well on phone, tablet and computer
  • Companion planner: 14-page PDF in A4 and US Letter, fillable on screen or printable
  • Works with any PDF reader

If you feel unsafe in your relationship, please contact a local support service.

General information, not medical advice. Talk to your pediatrician, midwife or doctor about your child.

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