Relationships
Complete Healthy Marriage Course
Connection, communication, conflict and shared goals for married and common-law couples, with check-ins, question cards and a private safety check.
C$34.99Buy
Relationship courses for couples, at your own pace
Five self-paced courses for couples who want to talk more openly, argue more fairly and rebuild trust, with prompts and plans you can use together or on your own.
- 5 courses
- Tools in every course
- Certificate included
Every couple disagrees. What tends to matter is how disagreements are handled: whether both people feel heard, whether arguments stay on the issue, and whether you find your way back to each other afterwards. Those are skills, and skills can be learned and practised.
Our relationship courses focus on that practical side. You learn to notice your own communication style, take turns as speaker and listener, cool down before an argument escalates, repair after it, and set boundaries with extended family as a team. A weekly check-in, ten minutes long, runs through several of the courses.
The courses are for couples in ordinary difficulties. They are not couples counselling, and they are not suitable where one partner is afraid of the other. Controlling behaviour, threats or violence are not a communication problem, and the help section below explains where to turn.
All relationship courses
Relationships
Better Communication for Couples
Practical talking and listening skills for couples, with speaker-listener cards, a weekly check-in and a planner for difficult conversations.
C$27.99Buy
Relationships
Rebuilding Trust
A shared, step-by-step plan for rebuilding trust after an affair, lies or hidden debts, with clear signposts to counselling.
C$27.99Buy
Relationships
Healthy Conflict Resolution for Couples
Fair-argument rules, a cool-down plan and a repair script, plus a private checker for signs that it is more than ordinary conflict.
C$24.99Buy
Relationships
Managing In-Law Boundaries
Visits, grandchildren, money and festivals: agree your boundaries as a couple and say them kindly with ready-made scripts.
C$24.99Buy
Choosing a relationship course
- Talking without fighting: Better Communication for Couples starts with a communication style checker and a speaker-listener card.
- Arguments that go around in circles: Healthy Conflict Resolution for Couples gives you fair-argument rules, a cool-down plan and a repair conversation script.
- After a breach of trust: Rebuilding Trust sets out a step-by-step rebuilding plan, a transparency agreement and regular check-ins.
- Pressure from extended family: Managing In-Law Boundaries helps you agree a shared position and the words to use.
- The whole picture: The Complete Healthy Marriage Course brings communication, conflict, appreciation and shared goals together in one longer course.
What the relationship tools do
- Relationship health check: a private snapshot of what is working and what needs attention.
- Weekly check-in prompts: a short structure for a regular conversation, so problems are raised early.
- Conflict cool-down plan and argument tracker: agree in advance how to pause, then see whether arguments are becoming less frequent.
- Repair and difficult conversation planners: plan what you want to say before a hard talk.
- Agreements and goals templates: write down what you have agreed about trust, family boundaries and shared plans.
When it is more than ordinary conflict
Get outside help if your partner:
- makes you feel afraid, or threatens you, your children or your pets
- controls your money, phone, friendships or where you go
- pushes, hits, chokes or forces you into anything
If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For support services in your province or territory, see the Stop Family Violence resources from the Public Health Agency of Canada. Anyone having thoughts of suicide can phone or text 9-8-8, at any hour.
Relationship courses: your questions
Can I take a relationship course on my own?
Yes. Changing how you communicate often changes the conversation, even if your partner is not taking part. Most tools work for one person or two.
Is this the same as couples counselling?
No. The courses teach skills you practise at home. A counsellor works with your situation in more depth. Many employers offer an employee and family assistance program with short-term counselling, and your family doctor can also suggest options.
We are not married. Are the courses for us?
Yes. They suit any couple, married, common-law or dating, and whether or not you live together.
Will my partner see what I write?
No. Entries are saved to your own account. You choose whether to download or share anything.
Where can we find counselling or community support?
Your family doctor or nurse practitioner can suggest local options, and 211, where available, lists community and social services near you.
What if we have decided to separate?
If you have children, the parenting topic includes a course on co-parenting after separation. The Department of Justice Canada's family law pages explain the federal and provincial rules, but our courses do not give legal advice.
Official sources
Ten minutes, once a week
Try the weekly check-in prompts together this weekend, even if things feel fine.