As a Relationship & Marriage Educator and Coach, I'm a passionate advocate for excellent and happy relationships and marriages, preparing for them well, and always paying attention to character. I'm president of Marriage Transformation (www.marriagetransformation.com), based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, and serving a global audience. I love connecting with people through books, coaching, and workshops with new information and skills that help them strengthen or transform their relationship or marriage. I have a background in journalism and have been quoted in or written articles published in: Washington Woman, Marriage Partnership, Inc., Ladies Home Journal, Newsweek, Chicago Sun Times, The Washington Times, NBC Online, Yahoo.com Personals, Match.com, Hitched.com, parentconnect.com and more. I'm a member of the National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education, Better Marriages, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.In my life, I have been single, dating, engaged, married, divorced, and widowed. I have been a parent, stepparent, and grandparent. I have also been a child and a stepchild. All of this has given me a diversity of experience to share! I'm currently married to a wonderful man!