{"id":15968,"date":"2024-02-05T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T04:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/?p=15968"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:30:47","slug":"transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Transform Your Marriage with the Six Intimacy Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re trying to practice the <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">Six Intimacy Skills\u2122<\/a> in your relationship and they\u2019re not working or you can\u2019t remember to do them\u2014or aren\u2019t sure how to do them in your situation\u2014that\u2019s so frustrating and discouraging!<\/p>\n<p>You are not the only one.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/podcasts\/\">The Empowered Wife Podcast<\/a>, I interview women who have had success transforming their marriages because I want to talk about what\u2019s possible for you and for your marriage so you feel inspired and hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>I invite guests to share how they did it so that you can try the same things. I don\u2019t hold anything back because I want you to be empowered and make your marriage last and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>But I get that just knowing what the Six Intimacy Skills are or just hearing or reading about them doesn&#8217;t make it easy to implement them by yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Or you may have success implementing them for one incredible weekend then get amnesia. Just like I do sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>I get amnesia if I don\u2019t have reminders that I want to keep my dignity no matter how my husband is showing up or that my happiness is my responsibility and that if I overdraw my energy account I\u2019m going to turn into Bratty Brat, my unpleasant alter ego.<\/p>\n<p>I need constant reminders that it\u2019s such a relief and so much less exhausting to focus on myself instead of thinking I know what my husband should do.<\/p>\n<p>Here are four places to get such reminders and banish Skills amnesia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_39 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/#1_Community\" title=\"Community\">Community<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/#2_Coaching\" title=\"Coaching\">Coaching<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/#3_The_Skills_in_Your_Pocket\" title=\"The Skills in Your Pocket\">The Skills in Your Pocket<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/#4_And_You\" title=\"And You\">And You<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Community\"><\/span>1. Community<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15979 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-support-community.jpg\" alt=\"marriage support community\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-support-community.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-support-community-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-support-community-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-support-community-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-support-community-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m such a fan of the community on our campus, the coaches, the coach trainees, the students, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/podcasts\/\">the podcast guests<\/a> because they remind me of who I want to be, of how I want to show up.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like Zig Ziglar says: \u201cSome people complain that motivation wears off, like bathing. That\u2019s why we recommend it daily.\u201d And I know that many of you are reading this blog daily for motivation, which is such a genius thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you\u2019re not a student or a coach, every wife and girlfriend can be a part of the free Adored Wife group. It\u2019s a launchpad where you can meet the best relationship coaches in the world and figure out the best next move for your relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of women who think having a good marriage is important (because it is!) are in there and we\u2019d all like to meet you!<\/p><div class=\"laura-new-roadmap\" id=\"laura-1462070631\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/adoredwifeweekend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1118\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new.png 1118w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-480x240.png 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Banner-Horizontal-new-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1118px) 100vw, 1118px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"laura-six-intimacy-skills\" id=\"laura-1270984893\"><blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"display: inline; font-size: 23px;\">Related Article:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/six-intimacy-skills\/\">The Number One Most Indispensable Skill for Fixing Your Marriage Fast.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Coaching\"><\/span>2. Coaching<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15980\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/accountability-in-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"Accountability in marriage\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/accountability-in-marriage.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/accountability-in-marriage-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/accountability-in-marriage-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/accountability-in-marriage-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/accountability-in-marriage-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I would love for every woman to have the support of a safe, empathetic coach. It\u2019s like having a fairy godmother.<\/p>\n<p>One of the powerful things about having a coach is how she can help you pull your eyes off of someone else\u2019s paper and put them squarely back on your own paper simply by asking a question.<\/p>\n<p>Or inviting you to look at what you\u2019re doing to make yourself happy or at how you\u2019re feeling and what your desires are.<\/p>\n<p>And when you <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/marriage-relationship-coaching\/\">get coaching on our campus<\/a>, eventually you start asking yourself the same powerful questions that your coach is asking you.<\/p>\n<p>Questions like: \u201cHow do you want to show up today? How are you making yourself happy? What is your vision? What\u2019s your desire? How did you feel in that interaction?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I became empowered in my marriage when I could stop pointing to someone else and everything he was doing wrong and tend to Laura.<\/p>\n<p>When I could see my options for how I wanted to show up, see where I was exhausting myself trying to control someone else and decide what attitude I wanted to have.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_The_Skills_in_Your_Pocket\"><\/span>3. The Skills in Your Pocket<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15981\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-skills.jpg\" alt=\"Marriage Skills\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-skills.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-skills-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-skills-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-skills-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/marriage-skills-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m always thinking of ways I can provide the structure that\u2019s so effective here on the campus for every woman who wants to make her marriage last and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>So I recently created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Empowered-Wife-Workbook-Journal-Transforming\/dp\/1637742398\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15ZKHN9KBOUNB&amp;keywords=empowered+wife+journal&amp;qid=1703090538&amp;sprefix=empowered+wife+j%2Caps%2C180&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>The Empowered Wife Workbook and Journal: A Guided Journey to Transforming Your Marriage with the Six Intimacy Skills<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s full of prompts and questions to help you pull your eyes off of someone else\u2019s paper and put them squarely back on your own. This workbook and journal invite you to look at what you\u2019re doing to make yourself happy.<\/p>\n<p>It asks you to reflect on how you feel and helps you uncover your true desires, which are the seat of feminine power.<\/p>\n<p>This workbook\/journal is the companion to <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/the-empowered-wife\/\">the book <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/the-empowered-wife\/\"><em>The Empowered Wife<\/em><\/a>, which lays out the Six Intimacy Skills step by step.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we\u2019ve helped over 15,000 women fix their relationships, we\u2019ve learned a thing or two about a thing or two.<\/p>\n<p>And I wanted to put those things in a workbook and journal.To invite you to do some self-reflection, some self-expressing, some dreaming and envisioning to practice the Intimacy Skills more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>So if you are inspired to take action to become more peaceful, joyful, and confident, <em>The Empowered Wife Workbook<\/em> is another tool for revitalizing your marriage and restoring yourself. It\u2019s a safe, private way to have some important conversations with yourself.<\/p>\n<p>When I was trying to fix my broken marriage, I started helping other women fix their marriages, which was a breakthrough because that\u2019s what got me to be able to make my marriage better. I could finally be the wife and woman I wanted to be. I got new habits because I felt like I had the encouragement and supervision of other women who were also hurting in their relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Then their marriages got better too. Then it just kept going and going and it became this mission to end world divorce. <em>The Empowered Wife Workbook and Journal<\/em> is the latest way I\u2019m working on that mission.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_And_You\"><\/span>4. And You<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15982\" src=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/revitalize-your-marriage.jpg\" alt=\"revitalize your marriage\" width=\"1336\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/revitalize-your-marriage.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/revitalize-your-marriage-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/revitalize-your-marriage-480x202.jpg 480w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/revitalize-your-marriage-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/revitalize-your-marriage-1200x505.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1336px) 100vw, 1336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think you are on that mission too, or you would not be reading this right now. You\u2019re part of this movement that has sprung up around making our marriages last and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>I still feel the responsibility to help as many women as possible make their marriages shiny. Thank you for being on this journey with me and helping me have the shiny marriage I have today. I couldn\u2019t do it without you.<\/p>\n<p>Now that you know about these resources, what\u2019s one thing you\u2019ll do today to create some structure for yourself so you can revitalize your marriage?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re trying to practice the Six Intimacy Skills\u2122 in your relationship and they\u2019re not working or you can\u2019t remember to do them\u2014or aren\u2019t sure how to do them in your situation\u2014that\u2019s so frustrating and discouraging! You are not the only one. On The Empowered Wife Podcast, I interview women who have had success transforming\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[714],"tags":[],"app":[],"class_list":["post-15968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Transform Your Marriage with the Six Intimacy Skills<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lauradoyle.org\/blog\/transform-your-marriage-with-the-six-intimacy-skills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transform Your Marriage with the Six Intimacy Skills\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re trying to practice the Six Intimacy Skills\u2122 in your relationship and they\u2019re not working or you can\u2019t remember to do them\u2014or aren\u2019t sure how to do them in your situation\u2014that\u2019s so frustrating and discouraging! 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