SmartLoving Newlywed

Date Nites

An email series brimming with inspiration, tips and practical tools for your first years.

Dear Newlyweds,

We’re so glad you’re here and are looking forward to journeying with you over the coming year. One of the most important things you can do for your marriage in its first years is to establish a habit of regular couple time. SmartLoving Newlywed is designed to help you do this.

The content is drawn from SmartLoving’s acclaimed relationship courses which are used by tens of thousands of couples. They explore timeless themes and are packed with practical strategies.

We want to help you establish simple, lifestyle habits that will nourish your intimacy and protect your relationship from decay. We hope you will join us on this journey.

in Faith and in Love,

Francine and Byron Pirola
SmartLoving Directors - Course Authors

Please note this course is NOT designed for engaged couples preparing for marriage in the Catholic Church, and does not issue a certificate. If you are looking to complete a catholic marriage preparation course please click here.

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Date Nite

Once a month, you will get an email in your inbox exploring the topic and detailing an activity for you to do as a couple. This includes some individual reflection questions, instructions for sharing together and something to do during the week.

Schedule a regular date nite where you can explore the topic together over dinner or a glass of wine.

Pen & Paper

We recommend that you purchase two quality journals for you to record your reflections and insights in preparation for your sharing time together.

Think what a gift this will be to each other in the years to come when you are looking back on this time together and can see your growth recorded in your journal!

You’re in Control

You can choose your start date or discontinue at any time.

If you are not yet married, we suggest that you choose a start date after your honeymoon when you can give your Newlywed Date Nites your full attention.

If you’re already married, you can start today with your first Date Nite.

Enrich your marriage with SmartLoving Newlywed

As a newlywed couple, you may be graduates of SmartLoving Engaged. If so, welcome back! You’ll find Newlywed Date Nites an effective way to consolidate your learning and embed the practical applications into your marriage.

If you are new to SmartLoving, Newlywed Date Nites are an easy way to dive into the our acclaimed relationship frameworks and tools.

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A Newlywed gift coupon is perfect for the recently or soon-to-be married couple. This program will help them set foundations in their marriage and deepen their intimacy in faith and in love.

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Testimonials

We really enjoyed the date nites - just like each session in the marriage prep, this opened up so many conversations between us thank you! The Newlywed program will give you wonderful advice for your first year.

Sadi and Radek

Newlywed Subscribers

"We knew from our pre-marriage preparation that we needed to make our marriage our mission. SmartLoving Newlywed is a reminder to set apart time for each other, to make sure we are prioritising our vocation."

Laura and Joseph

Newlywed Subscribers

"The rubber really hits the road when you return from your honeymoon and the daily demands of living with another person start to mount. It’s in these early months that you form critical bonds and ways of relating that set you up for your future together.

The Newlywed email program has been a hugely insightful exercise so far. We love to sit down over a drink to chat, catch up, and learn more about each other. The Date Nite emails provide a topic to read about, and a simple, but impactful, set of questions to discuss."

Doug & Jess

Newlywed Subscribers

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SmartLoving Newlywed Date Nites

Newlywed Date Nites is an email program to support couples in their first year of marriage. Sent every second week, each Date Nite includes topic information, reflection questions and a discussion guide for a 30 minute relationship activity that can be easily incorporated into a regular couple date. Compiled by the founders of SmartLoving, Dr Byron and Francine Pirola, it addresses common challenges facing newlyweds with wisdom, insight and humour.

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FAQs

What do we need to do this program?

We're not yet married, can we sign up now or should we wait until after the wedding?

Eager beavers! You can sign up anytime but now is best (who knows, you might forget or change your mind later!) Select your start date in the subscription form – we suggest the week after you return from your honeymoon. This will tell our system when to begin the Date Nite sequence. You will get the confirmation and welcome email immediately, but the Date Nites will begin on the date you choose.

Can we subscribe to Newlywed Date Nites if we have been married for more than one year?

Are you suggesting we might be ageist?! Absolutely you can! Although Newlywed Date Nites have been written for couples in their first years of marriage, many of the topics are timeless and thus are relevant to couples at any stage.

PS: If you are a few years into marriage, you might enjoy The Marriage Kit – SmartLoving’s marriage enrichment course. www.smartloving.org/marriage-kit.

How many emails are there in NewlyWed Date Nites?

Can I do SL Newlywed without my spouse?

My spouse is away from home for work for long periods - can we still do SL Newlywed?

We are having trouble keeping up - can we pause the sequence or change the frequency?

Can I unsubscribe?

Can I change the email address to which these are sent?

How do I add my spouse to NewlyWed Date Nites?

I subscribed to but I haven't received anything?

Oo oh! Sounds like the email gremlins are interfering.

First check your junk/spam folder. Make sure you whitelist our email address: [email protected] and [email protected]

If you need instructions on how to do this follow the steps at this URL: www.smartloving.org/whitelist

If you can’t find a confirmation email in your inbox or junk/spam folder, it could be there was a typo in your email when you signed up. Contact us via [email protected] so we can check that your subscription.

Is there a cost to this program?

Can I share this content with others?

Sharing is caring. We know that when you find something as good as this, you’ll want to share it.

Please DO forward your favourite SL Newlywed Date Nite email to individual couples encouraging them to sign up themselves.

Whenever possible, we prefer to have direct contact with the couples who are using this content so please do not set up a routine forward to a group or individuals – but get them to subscribe individually.

This helps us keep track of how many couples are utilising the resource. If cost is a barrier, talk to us about securing a 50% discount coupon code for your diocese or organisation. More info here.

If you wish to publish excerpts from our content for non-commercial purposes on your website or newsletter, please be sure to give appropriate credit and send us an email with details. For commercial publications, please contact us to discuss: [email protected]

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SmartLoving Newlywed

Date Nites

An email series brimming with inspiration, tips and practical tools for your first years.

Date Nite

Pen & Paper

You’re in Control

Enrich your marriage with SmartLoving Newlywed

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Are you a Parish or Diocese Leader?

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