1. Tell me about couples/marriages attending Self Awareness Weekend and how it works.

If you want to save your relationship/marriage, repair it, renew passion, regain respect and add depth and meaning to it OR get clear on whether to stay in your relationship/marriage or not, then the Self Awareness Weekend is for you.

Are you open to achieving the above in only ONE weekend vs taking 1+ years of counseling/therapy to achieve? Then, you may want to consider the Self Awareness Weekend.

Saving and repairing your relationship and getting clear whether to stay or not can definitely happen at the Weekend. First, by each person releasing the emotional baggage of hurts, anger, grudges, disappointments, resentments, unfulfilled expectations, thwarted intentions and breakdown in communication that have happened between the two people. I call this the "dirty dishes" of the relationship. The Self Awareness Weekend provides the "hot, sudsy water" to clean the dishes. Second, I have seen it go either way. I have seen couples fall in love with each other in a more profound way than when they first met. I have seen other couples realize they were in the relationship for the wrong reasons and that it didn't work for them. They were able to dissolve the relationship in a healthy, responsible, conscious way and then, if necessary, go through the grieving process of the loss with support of a counselor/family member/friend. Either way, it turns out to be a WIN-WIN for both people.

Each person in the relationship attends SAW to receive individual counseling in order to get rid of the emotional baggage I mentioned above; to clear their own self-defeating issues and learn how those issues get in the way of the relationship NOT working. Often, a person blames their partner when they feel angry or empty or lost or unhappy. The real truth is that pain is internal and it is vital that the person feel the pain in order to remove it. Each person gets to work out their own issues from childhood to present time and take responsibility for their part in the relationship not working. Like one person said who founds us on the Internet: "Wow, your program sounds exactly like what my husband and I need as individuals."

The intention of the Self Awareness Weekend is for each person to focus on themselves, achieve the "12 Outcomes" of the Self Awareness Weekend and clear away issues from the past that get in the way of their relationship working. Given that, the couple comes away with a strong foundation to build a healthy, intimate, equal, growth-producing relationship.

SAW is designed to work through and remove the root cause of the problems vs just working with the symptoms. It is about getting out of the blame game, taking attention off the other person and looking at one self. "What do I need orwant to change about me to have this or any relationship I am in to work?"

Each person in the relationship may choose to attend together or attend by themselves. The results will happen for the relationship and for each person either way.

There is an advantage of attending together as each person really gets to know the other person as they watch that person go through their process of change and healing. If there is anything each person may need to say in privacy to the leaders and get the leaders support, the opportunity is offered to ask the other person to leave the room for that period of time.

The advantage of attending alone is that you can express all your thoughts and feelings and clear all your self-defeating behaviors without in any way feeling stopped or slowed down by having your partner present.

Occasionally, one of the partners is NOT willing to attend. This can work anyway. Growth can still happen for the relationship even when only one partner is willing to attend.

The benefits of releasing emotional baggage, pent-up feelings and pain and getting to the source of each partner's self-defeating patterns and changing them can lead to a healthier relationship as there is now two emotionally healthier people coming together to build that healthier relationship.

Read past participants comments about how SAW helped with their marriage or family issues.

Feel free to call Andrea at (916) 966-0411 or toll free at (866) 204-6384 to answer any of your specific questions or address your concerns. Each couple relationship is unique in its own way.

More FAQ's about the Self-Awareness Weekend (SAW)

1. Tell me about couples/marriages attending Self Awareness Weekend and how it works.
2. How do you get results so easily and quickly? — How can the results be achieved in 2 ½ days? — How can SAW be equivalent to 1-5 years of counseling/therapy? — How does SAW work?
3. Being in a group: I don't feel comfortable revealing or exposing myself in front of strangers. I am a private person.
4. I'm a strong introvert. Will SAW's program work for me?
5. How much does SAW cost and what does it include?
6. Where is SAW held?
7. Will the professional counselors give me the time I need? — I'm afraid there won't be enough time for me. — I don't want to spend the whole weekend listening to other's stories and problems. — Since the SAW program happens in a group, I do not understand how you help each individual. Please explain.
8. Will I be left in a worse place at the end of SAW than when I started?
9. How safe is the SAW? — I am scared to attend. It sounds scary and intense.
10. Are there SAW graduates I can talk to?
11. What are Guided Visualizations and what is their purpose at the Self-Awareness Weekend?

If after reading these answers you still have questions, concerns, or doubts, please call us at 1-866-204-6384 or email us at

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