About us
Connected Conversations: A Relationship Growth Meetup for Couples
Whether you’re preparing for marriage, navigating the early years, parenting young kids, or rediscovering each other in retirement, every couple deserves a space to feel supported, understood, and connected. Connected Conversations is a free monthly meetup designed for couples who want to strengthen their emotional bond, communicate more effectively, and proactively handle conflict before it becomes overwhelming.
Why This Group Exists
Many couples share the same frustrations:
“We talk, but it feels like we’re not hearing each other.”
“We keep fighting about the same things and nothing changes.”
“I miss feeling close, like we’re a team.”
“We’re going through a transition and feel unsure how to stay connected.”
These feelings are common—and they’re incredibly normal. This group was created to help couples break out of old cycles, learn new skills, and feel less alone in the process.
What We Offer
Each month, we host a free online workshop that blends education, practical tools, and guided conversations. These gatherings offer a supportive, down-to-earth space to:
Deepen emotional connection
Learn proven communication skills
Build confidence in navigating conflict
Understand each other’s needs with more compassion
Feel more grounded during big life transitions
Explore how to reconnect both emotionally and physically
In the future, we hope to offer occasional in-person meetups for couples who want to connect locally.
Who This Group Is For
This space welcomes couples of all types, including:
Premarital couples who want to start strong
Long-term couples who feel stuck or disconnected
Couples in transition—new parents, blended families, empty nesters, or those entering retirement
If you’re wanting fewer misunderstandings, less conflict, and more ease and closeness in your relationship, you’re in the right place.
Our Approach
We believe relationships thrive when couples have a mix of skills, insight, and support. These monthly workshops pull from evidence-based practices and real-world tools used in our therapy group practice, My Mental Climb. While the group is not therapy, it’s a warm bridge to understanding what healthier communication and deeper connection can feel like.
If you find value in our meetups and want to continue your growth, you’ll also have the option to connect directly with our therapy team for more personalized support.
Join Us
Come learn, grow, and reconnect—one conversation at a time.
Our workshops are completely free and open to couples of all backgrounds.
We’d love to meet you.
Upcoming events
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Underneath the Resentment: Attachment Wounds, Blame & the Way Back to Each Other
·OnlineOnlineMost couples don't have a resentment problem; they have an attachment-wound problem. Resentment is what builds when those wounds get triggered enough times, when requests don't get heard, when the emotional labor stays unequal, and when one or both partners default to defensiveness because vulnerability stopped feeling safe.
In this 60-minute workshop, Michelle walks through how resentment actually forms in long-term couples, why the "you caused this, you fix it" stance keeps both partners stuck, and what it takes to move from blame to vulnerability without anyone having to perform forgiveness they don't feel. The aim isn't to forget what happened, or to talk yourself out of being hurt. It's to learn how to shelve resentment without letting it run the relationship, to hold the wound without letting one triggered moment rewrite the whole history of your partnership.
### WHAT WE'LL COVER
- Unequal emotional labor and how it quietly builds resentment
- Attachment wounds and what triggers them in long-term partnership
- Chronic defensiveness, and why vulnerability stops feeling safe
- Moving from blame to vulnerability: owning your own role in the cycle
- The "you caused this, you fix it" stance, and why it keeps couples stuck
- Shelving resentment without forgetting, suppressing, or letting it thrive
- Triggers don't rewrite history: one moment vs. the long story of the relationship
### GOOD FIT FOR
- Couples stuck in a cycle of blame, defensiveness, and unequal emotional labor
- Partners who can name the resentment but don't know what to do with it
- Couples ready to move from "you fix it" to a shared way through
Led by Michelle Cortez, Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT) #146795 · Supervised by Christina Mathieson, LMFT #115093 at My Mental Climb.
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