So, back in 2020, I had this dream...

I *love* helping people find their way to better communication

Dear old friend,

So, back in 2020, I had this dream...

The pandy was in full swing, and my practice was absolutely bursting at the seams. Actually, every therapist worth their salt had a practice that was bursting at the seams at that point.

People were, to put it lightly, not doing okay. And therapists (also people, I suppose, lol) were also not doing okay. And everything felt like a big fuckin' mess.

I wasn't surprised to see lots of people coming in to try to manage their individual isolation. But what did surprise me was the number of couples suddenly feeling MAJOR distress.

Couples were going through it.

Pairs who'd enjoyed a natural buffer away from one another because of work were suddenly in close quarters all day, every day. And let me tell you--folks were starting to see the chinks in the armor.

Relationships that had once seemed completely healthy were starting to deteriorate. Long held resentments that had been tucked away for years were suddenly fast-tracking their way into the limelight, all during an international crisis.

But the thing I saw happening most often of all, was very simple: dear, sweet couples who were simply not accustomed to being in closed quarters were now needing to navigate seeing each other 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

SOUND THE ALARMS! MAYDAY, MAYDAY!!!!

I was stunned at how this event highlighted the problems many couples, many really great couples, had with communication. And I was also really tormented that so many people needed help, but couldn't get into the office of a therapist--often for months and months, if they had the resources to do so at all.

It felt like a problem with no real solution.

Then one night I had a dream. In this dream, the idea for a course came to me. An e-course that would help people who had good marriages, but needed a bit of a boost--a tiny injection of support and guidance--in order to find their way back into okayness when things got really dicey.

I woke up and started thinking of all the many people who, for reasons as varied as can be, might not be able to access the tools of therapy, but whose relationships could easily be improved with some basic, foundational guidance around communication.

--People who were economically burdened.
--People with social anxieties that preclude therapy.
--People who with executive functioning issues who couldn't do the (seeminly simple) task of coordinating and making it to an appointment.
--People who were trained to believe that therapy was only for crises, and not for relationship maintenance.

...and on and on.

Well, I started working on that course immediately.

But, you know how life is.

Things happened. Lots of impediments stood in the way. My own attempts to survive the pandy and its many difficulties--as well as my own brain and the many ADHD goodies that sometimes show up for me--blockaded me from finishing. And before long, the idea was a bygone project rotting away on my hard-drive.

But... it never went away, fully.

Even when I thought of doing other projects, other books, and other courses, the idea of this Couple's Tune-Up would not desist.

Meanwhile, months turned into years. Life changes occurred. I experienced many losses and joys, all with the idea of this course persistently nudging me in the background, wondering when "the right time" would hit.

And then, for reasons I can't fully explain, near my birthday last month it dawned on me: now was finally time to finish the Communication Tune-Up Course.

And so, here we are! I finally nailed down all the materials I'll use, and got the training I needed to create a fuckin' banger course, and

drumroll please...

YOU CAN NOW GET THE COUPLE'S COMMUNICATION TUNE-UP BECAUSE IT IS A THING THAT WILL SOON FULLY EXIST ON PLANET EARTH OH MY GOD I AM SO GRATEFUL TO FINALLY BE DONE WITH THIS IMPORTANT THING THE UNIVERSE (AND MAYBE SOMEONE LIKE YOU!) NEEDS! (<---clicky click to get it!)

Here are all the deets:

The course is a 21-day sequence (starting on 7/31) taking couples through a battery of daily exercises that will help them feel closer together, and teach them a variety of tools to increase communication success.

It doesn't have to be done as a couple, but it sure is powerful that way when it works out. But it is awesome for people who just want to tune-up their own end of communication patterns as well.

Now, let me tell you about the price, and why getting this newsletter makes you *special* (no, but for reals, it does, and I genuinely love you)

To keep it simple for the general public, I decided to charge the price of two therapy sessions which, kinda magically works out to $333. So literally the price someone would pay for two 40 minutes sessions on my couch.

And for that price, folks will get everything I know about how to help couples communicate. It's the amount of information I might share with a couple over 20-30 sessions (minus all the experiential, getting-to-know-you, answering-questions, in person magic that makes therapy the beautiful tool it is, of course).

BUT, I love to give a deal to early folks, so in less than a week from now (on Tuesday), I'm going to be offering the course for half-off for early-birds, which takes the total down to $167--literally what an individual pays for one 40-minute session on my couch (and less than what couples pay).

BUT, if you are reading this it means you have likely followed me for years, and have heard me talking about a damn course off and on forever. And I deeply appreciate you being around, and following along. So, for one week, before I even publicize this thing, I'm giving an even deeper discount, offering it to subscribers of my newsletters/substack at $94.99.

I'm not sure if you know much about online courses, but believe me when I tell you, that's kind of a crazy deal.

And not to be an annoying marketing person, but I'm really serious when I say: OFFER ENDS SOON! because on Tuesday I do the official launch where I post to all the socials and start doing online ads and stuff, and at that point, the chance to get this thing at the price you are getting it will have gone bye bye, cuz all of my marketing stuff will have to have the real numbers and such.

So, if you've been wondering if there were a way to get better at communicating with your significant other, but just didn't know how to do it, and didn't want to (or have the means) to therapize, click on through to snag this incredible deal that you get for simply having signed up for my newsletter 327.5 years ago or some such.

And just know that I'm rooting for you. I'm rooting for your relationship. And I'm hopeful you have a wonderful summer filled with joy and connection and really good things.

With affection,

Josh Weed