Keep Your Relationship Healthy – Premarital and Marriage Coaching Advice During COVID-19
By Heidi Gessner, NC Wedding Officiant and Certified Life and Relationship Coach
Heidi, MDiv, BCC, completed the Master of Divinity degree at Campbell University Divinity School and is an Ordained Minister with the United Church of Christ. She currently serves as the Palliative Care Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator for UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. She developed and created Bereavement Support Services with the goal of attending to the emotional pain and transformation that is the result of illness and loss. Heidi provides emotional and spiritual support, as well as grief counseling to patients, families and hospital staff.
Life as we know it has changed. Our daily routines have been completely transformed as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. While confined to small spaces at home, people face big challenges: career uncertainty, loss of income and more time spent with (or without) family members.
As couples experience an unprecedented amount of stress, I want to offer premarital and marriage coaching to the Triangle area. Together, we can add tools to your relationship toolbox that will serve well into the future. And the payoff is greater resilience!
Developing your relationship skills now will help you become more resilient in a post-COVID-19 world. Your wedding vows will predict (or have already predicted) a moment just like this one. You vow to journey through life together for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. Here are 19 ways to maintain a healthy relationship during COVID-19: