Credits for this Slides are abstracts from the book with the same title by: Sari Harra and Rita DeMaria, PHD

1. The Marriage Workshop
PRESENTS

2. The 7 stages of Marriage

3. From The First Day Of
Your Living Together
Change Begins To
happen

4. “Success in Marriage
does not come merely
through finding the right
mate, but through being
the right mate.” -
Barnett R. Brickner

5. Building a Successful
Marriage is a Lifelong
CHALLENGE

6. Marriage Must always
be viewed the way God
views it:
Sacred and Divine

7. Ephesians 5
21: Submit to one another out of reverence for
Christ
22:Wives, submit yourselves to your own
husbands as you do to the lord.
23: For the husband is the head of the wife as
Christ is the head of the Church
25: Husbands, Love your wives, just as Christ
loved the Church and gave Himself up for her

10. Stage 1.Affection -
Passion

11. Stage 1
Affection or Passion Stage
The honeymoon Stage
Lasts about 2 years for most couples
Nothing outside marriage matters much
during this stage
Kids could come with a very early
unwelcome change

12. Stage 2
Actualisation

13. Stage 2
Actualisation Stage
The “Honeymoon Stage” is over and a more
real vision of the rest of your life begins
You discover the other side, which is the
real side of each other
Instead of being viewed negatively this is the
stage which reveals the areas of HELP
needed by your spouse

14. Stage 3
Rebellion
Revolution
We begin to miss our
Freedom, Friends, Personal
Hobbies.
We become aware of our
lost self Interests
You both believe you're
right

15. Stage 4
Cooperation
You wake up and realise
that while you're busy
fighting There are bills to
pay.
Children are neglected
You're becoming
dysfunctional at work. etc

16. Stage 5- Reunion

17. Stage 5
Reunion
If you have children this stage will often last 10 -20 years
Parenting responsibilities are lessened as kids become
independent

18. Stage 6 - Eruption

19. Stage 6
Eruption - Explosion
This Stage can happen at any period in your BUT
happens mostly when we’re around 40 - 50 yrs
Passing from Midlife into the GoldenYears
EitherYou or your Spouse are dealing with major Life-
shaking which could affect your marriage
Could be Death of Parents, Health issues,Adult
Children issues
Financial issues

20. Completion
Congratulations!

21. Stage 7
Completion
A lot of surveys have proven that Marital Happiness is
achieved after several decades of sharing your life
together
Kids are grown and independent
You know each other very well
The Boy and Girl in you re-surfaces
You look back at the years behind you and appreciate
each other for having walked the distance together

22. Questions and Answers

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Credits: Sari Harra and Rita DeMaria, Ph.D