Rebuild Trust. Restore Connection. Renew Your Marriage.
Personalized marriage coaching for couples who feel stuck, disconnected, or tired of having the same conversations without real progress.
Terry & Jen Porter
Schedule a free 20-minute consultation and take the first step toward a healthier relationship.
You Do Not Have to Stay Stuck
Every marriage goes through seasons that test communication, connection, trust, and emotional closeness.
Maybe you are not in crisis, but you know something needs to change.
Maybe you feel more like roommates than partners.
Maybe the same arguments keep coming up again and again.
Maybe trust has been damaged.
Maybe communication turns defensive, distant, or tense.
Maybe one or both of you feel lonely inside the relationship.
Marriage struggles do not usually get better by ignoring them. Healthy relationships need structure, honesty, ownership, and the right kind of support.
That is where marriage coaching can help.
What Marriage Coaching Helps You Do
Marriage coaching gives you a guided process to slow down, understand what is really happening, and begin building healthier patterns together.
Through coaching, you can:
- Gain clarity on what is keeping you stuck.
- Learn practical tools for healthier communication.
- Rebuild trust through honesty, ownership, and follow-through.
- Strengthen emotional connection and friendship.
- Create new rhythms for resolving conflict.
- Learn how to listen, respond, and repair more effectively.
- Start seeing positive change in the coming weeks.
The goal is not simply to “talk about the problems.”
The goal is to help you build a stronger, healthier relationship.
Looking for marriage counseling? Marriage coaching may be a practical next step if you want tools, structure, and guided conversations without using insurance.
Coaching Is Practical, Focused, and Action-Oriented
Marriage coaching is different from counseling.
Counseling often focuses on diagnosis, mental health treatment, trauma processing, or clinical care. Coaching focuses on growth, communication, ownership, structure, and practical next steps.
As your coach, I help you identify the patterns that are hurting your relationship and develop clear tools to move forward.
This is especially helpful for couples who want to improve communication, rebuild trust, strengthen connection, or stop repeating the same painful cycles.
Why Work With Terry Porter?
I’m Terry Porter, a life, leadership, and relationship coach in Traverse City, Michigan.
I am an ICF-certified coach, SYMBIS-trained marriage facilitator, and have over 20 years of pastoral, coaching, and relationship-support experience. I have walked alongside many couples as they work to rebuild trust, improve communication, and create healthier marriages.
My approach is supportive, honest, practical, and grounded in the belief that healthy relationships can grow when both people are willing to take ownership and do the work.
Sessions are available in person in Traverse City or online through Zoom.
Marriage Coaching May Be Right for You If…
You feel stuck in the same arguments.
You want to communicate without things escalating.
You need help rebuilding trust.
You feel distant and want to reconnect.
You want practical tools, not just more talking.
You are ready to take responsibility for your part of the relationship.
You want a guided process with clear next steps.
If that sounds like your marriage, a free consultation is a simple place to start.
Take the First Step Toward a Stronger Marriage
You do not have to figure this out alone.
In a free 20-minute consultation, we will talk briefly about where your marriage feels stuck, what you are hoping to change, and whether marriage coaching is the right next step.
There is no pressure. Just a conversation about what support could look like.
Book your free 20-minute consultation today and take the first step toward rebuilding trust, restoring connection, and renewing your marriage.