Empowered by Love (in-person) 2-Day Couples Retreat by Anchored Together

Strengthening Connection, Deepening Understanding, and Building Lasting Love

Join us in beautiful Wolfville, Nova Scotia, for a transformative two-day couples retreat designed to help couples strengthen their friendship, improve communication, navigate conflict more effectively, and create a deeper sense of connection.

Grounded in the research-based Gottman Method, this retreat offers practical tools, meaningful conversations, and guided exercises that you can begin using immediately in your relationship.

Whether your marriage is thriving or facing challenges, Anchored Together provides a supportive and engaging environment where you and your partner can reconnect, reflect, and invest intentionally in your future together.

Throughout the retreat, you'll discover how healthy, resilient couples:

• Build and maintain strong friendship and emotional connection
• Increase appreciation, fondness, and admiration
• Recognize and respond to bids for connection
• Navigate conflict without damaging the relationship
• Understand the difference between solvable and perpetual problems
• Use gentle communication and effective repair attempts
• Explore the deeper dreams and values underneath recurring disagreements
• Create meaningful rituals of connection that strengthen intimacy over time

This retreat combines engaging teaching, real-life examples, private couple exercises, reflection, and practical application.

Couples work primarily with each other throughout the weekend. Participants are never required to share personal information with the larger group, creating an atmosphere of safety, privacy, and respect.

The retreat balances education, practice, and connection without feeling overwhelming, allowing couples to leave with tools they can confidently apply at home.

Light refreshment, coffee, tea and water will be provided at the breaks. Lunch is not included. We’ve created a dedicated lunch break for couples to leave the space together and use this time as an opportunity to connect and enjoy one another.

• The Sound Relationship House framework
• Building Love Maps
• Fondness and Admiration
• Turning Toward Instead of Away
• Trust and emotional connection
• Shared meaning and relationship rituals

• Understanding conflict and relationship patterns
• Softened Start-Up communication
• The Four Horsemen and their Antidotes
• Repair Attempts
• Dreams Within Conflict
• Stress-Reducing Conversations
• Rituals of Connection and Shared Meaning
• Personalized Relationship Action Plan

Each couple will receive a comprehensive retreat workbook including:

• Love Maps question bank
• Appreciation exercises
• Four Horsemen reference guide
• Stress-reducing conversation tools
• Rituals of connection planner
• Weekly relationship meeting template
• Personalized action planning worksheets

Kathleen and Merel bring over 15 years of combined clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, and families. As Gottman-trained relationship professionals, they are passionate about helping couples strengthen connection, increase understanding, and build relationships that thrive through life's challenges.

Their warm, practical, and engaging approach creates a welcoming environment where couples can learn evidence-based relationship skills while deepening their connection with one another.

$600 per couple

This retreat is ideal for couples who want to:

• Strengthen their relationship
• Improve communication
• Deepen emotional connection
• Learn practical relationship tools
• Invest intentionally in their marriage
• Create a stronger foundation for the future

No matter where you are in your relationship journey, you'll leave with renewed hope, practical skills, and a clear plan for staying connected long after the weekend ends.

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