• Gain greater clarity on your life’s difficulties and how to handle them from God’s perspective?

• Develop deeper closeness and connection with God?

• Learn to live from your CORE instead of your emotions?

Even if you don’t quite feel ready to make changes you know you’re in pain and your marriage or other significant relationship isn’t working. You’re scared, you’re confused and you know that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again hoping for different results. Please don’t do that. This year can be different.

"Empowered to Change and The Emotionally Destructive Marriage book have led to large steps forward in my understanding of the dynamics in my marriage and given me godly, biblical counsel on how to walk through this, without damaging myself, my kids, or even my husband further. Leslie is a very compassionate voice of truth and accountability. I have also found the support of the other group members to be invaluable. My emotions and sense of clarity do waver quite a bit, however, I am supported and learning to walk in a place of safety, truth, and godly boundaries. I highly recommend Leslie as a coach. I am thankful to have come into contact with her coaching, writing, blog and videos. I can say, without gushing, that her presence has been Esther like in my marriage and the life of my family. God loves and values me!!"   — Woman in a destructive marriage "I Learned some valuable lessons. Knowing Core Values (who I am) is different than my fickle feelings and thoughts is huge for me. Avoiding 'what if' thinking and 'worse case scenario disease' will also be helpful to me. Difference between acknowledging and accepting is good for me to know. I acknowledged the problems 10 years ago, but have only moved closer to accepting in last year. Being responsible for my well-being is new to me. Giving up hope of change in my husband has come very slowly. Grieving currently as this is sinking in. Class helped me see a lot of things. Trusting God to work it all 'into' me. I pray it will move me forward. I need hope for me and kids." — Group Participant "What have I learned through working with Leslie? Oh boy!!Lots. First I have feelings. I matter. My worth isn't in doing..... stuffing hurts....going along acting like I don't have a care in the world. For as long as I can remember I have felt invisible. I guess it's like coming up and breathing after you have been under water. I'm still getting to know me. Still getting to understand God loves me. And best of all....grateful that God has allowed me to be lead to a woman who is teaching me and leading me to Jesus. So grateful" — Group Participant

You don’t have to tackle your problems all by yourself.  Sometimes we just can’t do it alone. We need the support of like-minded people to help us take the next step.

 

Over the past 30 years I have worked with hundreds if not thousands of women and men who want to get whole, holy and healthy... and I know how to help you.  I created this group experience for those who were hesitant to commit fully to one-on-one coaching because either they weren’t sure they were fully ready to make the changes or they didn’t feel they could afford it. 

 

Empowered to Change is my six (6) month group coaching program.  This program is designed to help you: 

• Walk in the truth rather than in fear or resentment.

• Confidently know and speak your own thoughts and feelings in a constructive way – even when you’re angry.

• Take new risks, even when you feel afraid.

• Implement strategic consequences for destructive behaviors when talking doesn’t work.

• Invite your partner into healthy change, so that destructive patterns may be broken. 

If you are a woman who is sick of staying silent, placating and pretending in your most significant relationships but aren’t quite sure how to make changes in a God-honoring way this group is for you.  It will give the tools, the support, and the steps to make those changes. 

"YAY!  I LOVED the first Empowered to Change group experience and am still benefitting from the FB community.  (Do it again Leslie!  Whatever it was you did before-- the Lord is continuing to use it!) I'm a slow learner so the six month duration was very important to me-- but more than that-- half a year is long enough to get to know each other a little bit online as a group.  (Or at least to go through stuff with each other…) And I really liked it that the FB page didn't shut down after our six months were over.  That's been cool too... During the past 11 months the group has shared that FB page, it's turned into a little community we can bop in and out of when time permits.  (Even the ones who dropped out seem to stop in every once in a while…)  Although other 'real time' support groups are important, there's something about an online place to go that's really helpful after being isolated for so long-- especially when it requires writing in order to communicate."   — Woman in a difficult marriage

Empowered to Change will begin Tuesday, January 17th and will meet twice a month, every month starting at 9:30 AM ET, and we'll finish by 11:00 AM ET.  

Here are the dates:

1/17 and 1/24

2/7 and 2/21

3/7 and 3/21

4/4 and 4/18

5/2 and 5/16

6/6 and 6/20

Leslie Vernick is committed to ensuring the highest level of confidentiality for any and all information shared by individuals within her support groups. However, please be advised that in certain situations involving litigation, disclosure of certain information shared in support groups may be required by the court. While Leslie will protect this group to the furthest extent permitted by law, rules of confidentiality and disclosure vary from state to state. For further information, contact a local attorney in your county and state