We at Healthy Relationships California (HRC) are delighted to host and operate this weblog (blog) entitled “MML Skills in California”. Mastering the Mysteries of Love (MML), co-authored by Dr. Bernard G. Guerney, Jr., and Mary Ortwein, M.S., is a version of Relationship Enhancement first developed by Dr. Guerney in the 1960s. RE/MML teaches 10 key couple communication skills helping [...]
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Welcome to our MML Blog!!
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, Uncategorized, tagged Facilitators, General, MML, Participants, Trainers on October 27, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Discussion Skill – Pattern of Taking Turns
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, tagged Communication Skills on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How many conversations have you had where both people want to talk and be heard at the same time? Each is speaking, and neither is listening. Pretty confusing and frustrating, isn’t it? Discussion Skill helps to remedy that. The goal of Discussion Skill is to set up a pattern of taking turns that lets each [...]
Tending Your Marriage Garden
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, tagged MML, skilled communication on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Aaahh — it’s springtime! The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and the flowers start to bloom. It’s a great time for planting tomatoes and other veggies, watering and fertilizing them, and watching them grow throughout the year. How about tending your Marriage Garden? It needs water and fertilizer too! The 10 MML Skills help strengthen a marriage [...]
Strengthen Your Marriage in 2009 – Attend a Marriage Education Class!
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, tagged Communication Skills, Marriage Education on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What better way to Make a Great Start to the New Year than to attend a Marriage Education Class as a couple! Seize the Moment! Attend a Marriage Education Class in your area! To locate a class near you, go to www.CaMarriage.com and click on “classes & trainings”. Improving and strengthening your communication skills — [...]
Skills Coaching Resources
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Trainers, tagged Guide, MML, Skills Coaching by Phone on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Skills Coaches are imperative to move couples from learning ABOUT the MML Skills to learning to LIVE OUT the MML Skills. While the entire blog is dedicated to all things MML in California, this page is exclusively dedicated to resources, links and posts on the topic of Skills Coaching. NEW RESOURCE! Click here: Guide to [...]
LISTEN to this Audio Sample of MML Skills Coaching by Phone
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the “demo-call” link below to hear an audio sample of an MML Skills Coaching by Phone session (13 minutes). You will hear a couple having a dialogue on a topic of their choosing with a coach by phone helping the couple stay in skill during their dialogue. Then please enter your comments of how [...]
Listening with Deep Empathy – Doorway to the Heart
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Showing Understanding Skill says, Listen in a way that shows strong interest. Put your own thoughts and feelings on hold. Pay close attention to what your partner is saying through words and body language. Show with your body that you want to hear what your partner says. Listen with an open mind and an open [...]
WATCH this Short YouTube Video Clip Spotlighting Mastering the Mysteries of Love … in Fresno and throughout California
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Participants, For Trainers, Uncategorized, tagged Healthy Marriage Coalition of Fresno-Madera County, MML, promotional, YouTube video on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Healthy Marriage Coalition of Fresno-Madera Counties is conducting Mastering the Mysteries of Love (MML) classes throughout the two-county area. Click on this link: YouTube video for a six-minute video clip that showcases the powerful new realities couples experience in their relationship. Don’t live in Fresno or Madera counties? Don’t worry. MML classes are taking place throughout [...]
List or Find MML Classes at CaMarriage.com
Posted in For Coaches, For Facilitators, For Trainers, tagged camarriage.com, classes, Marriage Education, Relationship Skills Training on November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CaMarriage.com is a clearinghouse of Marriage Education (ME) and Relationship Skills Training (RST) classes and programs taking place throughout California. There is something for everyone, at any and all stages of relationships. >> Youth & Singles >> Seriously Dating & Engaged >> Newly Married & Expectant/New Parents >> General Marriage Enrichment >> Distressed Marriages >> [...]
MML Facilitators Making A Difference!
Posted in For Facilitators, For Trainers, tagged Facilitator, Facilitators, For Facilitators on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Teaching the MML Skills to couples is one of the most rewarding things you can do – you see the “lights go on” in the couples’ eyes as they realize the keypoints of empathic listening or how to express their thoughts and feelings effectively. And when they use the skills in their practice dialogues, you can see the walls of the heart [...]