For the two of you
Together by Design
Presence is the practice. Connection grows from it.
Begin with ChoosingWhen did you last stop and say hi, how are you?
Somewhere along the way, partners start feeling like roommates.
It doesn’t happen all at once. The calendar fills, the kids need what they need, and the two of you get very good at running a life together. The car rides go quiet after another day of the same old, same old. The conversations turn into logistics. The love is still there, but you’re just passing each other in the hallway of your own life. Except one of you has noticed which is why you are here.
WHAT WE MEAN BY PROTECTED TIME
Protected time is how you turn back toward each other. It is time with both your names on it, planned on purpose and guarded on purpose, where the only agenda is the two of you. Not whatever is left over at the end of an exhausted day. Protected time is time decided in advance, because you decided you matter.
Everything on this page exists to help you begin protecting your time together.
Your place to begin
These ideas are sparks. Choosing is the fire.
One conversation where the two of you decide what your relationship needs now and what you're willing to protect.
Choosing is almost ready. Join the list and it will arrive the day it opens.THIS WEEK'S CHECK-IN.
What's something I did this month that made you feel supported?
Ask it tonight. No fixing, just listening.A LITTLE SPARK
Need an idea for the time you protected together?
Choose how much time you have. We’ll give you one simple way to spend it together.
CAN'T DECIDE? WE'LL PICK.
Press the button and we'll pick for you.

We lived in Italy for a while, and Venice was magic every single time. Years later, on a farm in Louisiana, we relearned where the magic comes from. It isn't the place. It's slowing down enough to say hi, how are you.
THIS MONTH WE PROTECTED.
An afternoon in the sun.

