10 Sessions to Build a Stronger Marriage
This course will give you and your spouse practical, everyday tools, from intentional dating to gratitude, empathy, and shared core values, to move your marriage from drifting apart to deeply connected. Kiss to Bliss is about building intentional habits together, not chasing a one-size-fits-all formula.
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K.I.S.S. Bliss Course
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Session 1: Your Kiss Is What I Miss
Better marriages don't happen automatically. Johnny and Lezlyn show you exactly where to start.
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Session 2: From Conflict to Cuddling
Conflict is inevitable. Staying stuck in it isn't. Three practices that move you from fighting to cuddling.
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Session 3: Ignite the Passion Through Intentional Dating
Great marriages aren't stumbled into. They're planned, protected, and shown up for — starting with date night.
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Session 4: Ignite the Passion Through Vulnerability
Johnny opens up about the panic attacks he battled in secret, and how simply holding hands with Leslyn calmed him when nothing else could. It's a raw look at what it really means to let your spouse into your "backstage."
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Session 5: Igniting the Passion Through Celebrating Differences
From morning person vs. night owl to how they load the dishwasher, Johnny and Lezlyn get real about their differences, and how understanding the way men and women communicate and connect can turn friction into closeness.
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Session 6: Deepen the Passion Through Grit and Resilience
Johnny and Lezlyn reflect on the marriage conferences, books, and even a week-long intensive that shaped their grit, and share why every couple needs a few trusted friends who can speak truth into their marriage.
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Session 7: Deepening the Passion Through Gratitude in Marriage
Johnny and Lezlyn open up about years of quietly battling depression behind a functional front, and share how a simple daily practice, gratitude, changed their brains, their marriage, and their connection.
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Session 8: Deepening the Passion Through Emotional Appetites
Using their favorite meals, salmon and lamb, as a fun analogy, Johnny and Lezlyn break down "emotional appetites," the different ways each spouse needs to be fed love, whether through time, touch, talk, gifts, or acts of service.
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Session 9: Sustaining the Passion Through Life, Work, Rhythm
Johnny and Lezlyn make the case that "work-life balance" is a myth, life is a rhythm, and share how learning to reflect, renew, and recenter helped them move from burnout to sustainable connection.
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Session 10: Sustaining the Passion Through the Story of Us
In the final session, Johnny and Lezlyn introduce the "Story of Us," a simple acrostic exercise using your last name to define your marriage's core values and stay centered when life pulls you off track.
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