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For over 25 years our proven system has been successfully saving marriages.
The Marriage Foundation, founded by Paul in 2003, operates as a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping couples rebuild and strengthen their marriages.
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Everyone Succeeds Using Our System

Here is why It is NOT too Late!

Unlike nearly every other system, our way is positive, rapid, science-based, and inexpensive. You will begin to use these common-sense, easy-to-understand techniques to great positive effect. Even the worst cases are turned around without the usual “unpacking”, blaming, re-living the past, or adding traumas. You will see results right away that last a lifetime.

We were in counseling for almost a year and just treading water. Your courses (we both signed up) have shown us how to be in love again. It is a true marriage saving experience.

Janet

Greetings, it’s working!!!!! This last lesson has me working hard to overcome my mind. Learning the difference between heart and mind has changed everything and it keeps getting better and better.

Inez
what to expect

The Top 10 Do's & Don'ts For Marriage

Stop Feeding the Negative Cycle

The issue is rarely just the issue. The pattern around it is what keeps hurting the marriage. The first shift is from reaction to direction.

When a conversation starts with ressure, fear, blame, or anger, the actual topic gets buried. A healthier marriage begins when you become steady enough to choose the next sentence on purpose.
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Teachings for All Phases of Marriage, Based on Solid Science

Our mission is to help your marriage become proof of success
The royal approach

The Royal Approach to Marriage Resurrection

Whether you are the queen (woman) or the king (man) of your domain, your marriage kingdom must be brought back to the orderly splendor of happiness that it once was, or better. Although “on paper,” it seems logical that a combined effort would be needed, it is not. Our specialty is the solo approach. Privately, every couple's counselor will acknowledge the pitfalls of couples counseling

  • 99 out of 100 times, only one is enthusiastic. The other is either passively agreeing or clearly there against their wishes.
    A Marriage, already strained, needs to be redirected toward happiness. The effort of one is more than adequate.
  • The competition for who is more “hurt” ranges from passive-aggressive to all-out war.
    We neither blame nor label. Your king or queen is ideal for you. Changing one's approach changes behavior, which in turn changes the marriage.
  • Expectations for the “other” to admit wrongdoing are off the charts.
    Marriage is not a ‘competitive’ arena. We guide you to make your marriage a hive of happiness.
  • Hidden causes of happiness remain hidden.
    Rather than attending to the causes of suffering, you will learn about the causes of happiness and how to incorporate them into your marriage, inspiring your partner at the same time.

Many of our course takers had tried both individual and couples counseling. We were their last resort. They found all they needed.

TMF saved my marriage and my life. It enabled me to forget the past, no matter what happened. It lifted a big weight off me. There were no feelings of resentment, bitterness or hurt anymore. It didn’t matter how I was treated. It didn’t affect or phase me. There was a free feeling and the ability to rise above it all. No more subconsciously blaming or being angry inside.

I just want to testify! I am committed to the SEW method and began seeing results right away and have been so inspired and motivated because it works!! But this success is on another level!!! My husband had not asked me out on a date in at least 2 years. We went separate ways and tolerated each other from a distance. This morning he asked me if I wanted to go to one of my favorite restaurants and I screamed saying you’re asking me out, yes, I’m so excited, and he smiled. It was priceless! Our marriage is being restored and it’s wonderful to have tools that work!

Save Your Marriage – Save Your Money

You will know this works before you spend a dime. The 3-Day Free Trial allows you to get comfortable with our methods before your card is charged. Then the 30-day guarantee gives you plenty of time to change your mind.

You’re the best. I took course for men 6 months ago and still go back to it all the time. My marriage has improved tremendously, and so has my life. I’m so happy because my beautiful wife of 18 years was half way out the door! Forever grateful!

Cameron
The first few weeks are dedicated to stopping the negative trends. You’ll begin using techniques to get you centered, balanced, and calm. Each lesson builds upon the last and prepares you for the next. Unlike traditional marriage counseling, this approach to healing comes quickly and prepares you for ever-increasing happiness and harmony.

It totally transformed our marriage.  We had a fair marriage, always focusing on church but our relationship was an old married couple.  Now, after almost five months, our marriage has turned into such a love affair. I would compare it to two teenagers, giddy with love toward each other.

Junior
What You Can Expect

Our Premier Product

What You Get and What to Expect

12-Week Online Course

  • 12-Week Online Course
  • 3-Day Free Trial
  • 30-Day Guarantee
  • Access to our TMF marriage counselors
  • Lifetime access
As soon as you sign up, you will have access to the actual course and may progress for 3 days for free (the course is released in stages, but the first stage is packed with what you need to get started and get results).
Unrestricted email access to TMF marriage counselors.
Every one of your questions will be answered, usually within 36 hours.

Your program got my attention because there is no ambiguity.

Cindy

Frequently Asked Questions for The Marriage Foundation

Because our system bills monthly, sign up for the $39.95. That equates to only $9.22 per week.

The course takes about 12 weeks and is broken into modules with multiple video classes, released every two weeks. This way, you are not “fire-hosed” with information. The beginning is crucial because it is where you learn foundational techniques. Most people spend at least the length of the video lesson per session, but it is up to you and your schedule. Diving in as often as you can for as long as you can, and frequently repeating classes, is the best. Consistency of practice is most helpful.

Our software team is the best and most advanced on the market. Nobody will know you are working on your marriage or taking our course. We do everything we can to ensure your privacy. When you write to our marriage counselors (part of the course), your communications are ultra secure.

Only after a 3-day free trial will you become a member, and your first payment will be charged. Then, your card on file will be billed monthly. When you have fully paid, you will have lifetime access to the course and counselors.

The majority of our clients are women who have found their husbands are in an active affair. These affairs range from a surprise emotional hookup to an active, or sexual affair, to multiple affairs, past and present. Infidelity was Paul’s specialization since 2001, and we remain the premier experts in this area. The 12-week online course is the most realistic solo approach we know of, and better, by far, than couples counseling. Rather than dealing with the crisis at hand, which always creates expanded crises, Paul guides you to change the very dynamics of your marriage. It is highly effective. (split test) We offer a special $100 discount for those in need. Click Here

Our online course forces you to dive right in with knowledge and techniques, not teasers, that prove themselves as you use them. The stairway to success is outlined so you can see how you will progress and the milestones you will hit. There isn’t anything mysterious. You will know right away that Paul’s scientific approach to marriage is a manual. Your successes are predictable and assured. Your marriage will not turn around in three days, of course. But you will know that what yyou are taught is moving you in the right direction at a steady pace.

Paul started saving marriages in 2001, beginning with a couple who came to him for divorce mediation but asked him to rescue their marriage instead. So naturally, he worked with couples at first, but he soon saw how many pitfalls there were in working with two. Competition, blaming, efforts to negotiate, a reluctant “other spouse,” and even flirtation hindered progress, in most cases. All of his psychologist friends confirmed his observations and said the same thing: do your best. Paul, however, refused to compromise. After one couple’s meeting, he worked only with individuals. Concrete results, progress toward happiness, and the restoration of love are a thousand times easier when working with one, and that’s why we have a course for each gender. Sometimes, the other partner sees the improvements and asks (never push your spouse) to get their course, which is sold as an add-on at a generous discount.

That is the right thing to do, of course, to keep your marriage intact for your kids, but Paul says that rather than endure your marriage, you can gain the actual benefits, which are happiness, love, and harmony. If you are going to take the course because of your kids, that’s fine, but you will get so much more than that. Never give up on the expectations you once held so dearly. They are still achievable.

Paul’s books, either one, are ideal for helping you get grounded in the down-to-earth principles of marriage, but if your marriage is in “struggling” mode, we recommend the online course for you.

The thrust is to fill the marriage container, which we call the sacred space of marriage, with positives, and as you do that, the negative feelings and memories are pushed aside. Even though your spouse may very well be more than half the problem, we have seen that it doesn’t matter at all. Usually, they react very positively anyway.

Sometimes that is all that is ever needed. If you are in emergency mode, just get the online course. It’s not worth the risk.

A few “cautious” people try that, but they soon tire of the slow, negative results of counseling.

We know it is scary, but that kind of thing is our specialty. Paul used to take his therapist friends’ “impossible” cases to great success.

They don’t want to be with who you have become or who they have become. Because our focus is on cultivating love, as you clean up the mess, you don’t have to take that current thinking as gospel. Just take it as a kick in the pants to get going with your work.

We had to draw a line, so we used 30 days as the decision point. You can get all your money back or just ask us to cancel the course and leave us what you paid as goodwill for what you received.

Paul used to charge $400 and hour but had to stop due to all the requests. Now, if someone donates $1000, he will make an exception. But you really will do just as well with our counselors.

Sex remains one of the most deeply misunderstood topics for nearly everyone. Even the expression “making love” is usually all about sex, not about cultivating and experiencing love. The needs and desires for sex are not issues for when either of you learns to cultivate love. Then it is a sweet part of your marriage. Paul approaches sex from a spiritual point of view. Rather than reducing sex down to orgasms and fetishes, you will learn how to use sex to cultivate love and connection.

True love, which you felt when you started toward marriage, cannot be extinguished, only obscured. The embers are still there, though maybe barely glowing, and it is understandable. But the truth is that the love you experienced at the wedding is still there and will burst into flames of love with the proper guidance. This we know from experience, not theory.

Yes, we do, but not often. If you want to drive a car, you must learn how to operate it according to the scientific rules of the road. Then failure is rare. Similarly, Paul illustrates the mechanical components of marriage so you can realign your thinking, and it will run smoothly. You can’t just hop in the driver’s seat and take off. If someone expects immediate results in their marriage, they are not likely to succeed. But that is rare. Most people experience the benefits of Paul’s techniques and do the work of learning, absorbing, and practicing because it is so commonsensical.

The principles are universal truths that are the basis of all religions and morality. Paul has had many discussions with pastors, priests, imams, and rabbis. All agree that our teachings align almost perfectly with theirs. One does not have to be religious to have an incredible marriage, or even believe in God. We do, but we don’t care what your beliefs are; we only want you to be happily married.

The course takes about 12 weeks, and it is broken into modules that contain multiple video classes. They are released about every two weeks. The beginning is very important because it is where you learn techniques that will calm you down and prepare you for the future. Most spend at least the length of the video lesson per session, but it is up to you. Please do what works best for you. Most dive in as often as they can for as long as they can, frequently repeating classes. Some people stabilize and then put the course aside. That works too, but not as well as consistency.

We have not had success with men whose wives have left the home unless it’s for a pre-determined cooling-off period. Nor when a wife has cheated on her husband.

Most men don’t understand their wives or why there is so much trouble, and that is not the man’s fault. Most women don’t understand women, either. The course has two significant parts: one is educational, and that is always eye-opening. But the other is deeper. It is about recognizing oneself more clearly and simultaneously learning how to open one’s heart, which is not the same as opening up emotionally. The educational part will help reduce tensions fairly quickly, but most men fall back into their bad habits of anger and expectations almost as quickly if they do not take the introspective part seriously. In a nutshell, you will “get it” quickly because Paul is so logical, but your transformation is what will make your marriage great.

Our reviews are all legitimate. Some people who haven't taken the course or even read one of Paul’s books got offended by something they didn’t like in a YouTube video (we have over 100,000 subscribers). Otherwise, our reviews are all unsolicited.

Your marriage will improve much sooner than you could hope for and in clear ways, but there is so much to learn that most people review the videos (about 60 of them spaced over the 12 weeks) constantly for many months after the course is completed. The counselors are also very beneficial when one is unsure of something.

We suggest you wait until they ask. Pushing them will only make matters worse. When they are ready on their own, you can sign them up (about 25%) at a discount. But wait until they ask.

We only know that a few cancel in the first 3 days and a few cancel before the 30-day guarantee, but the emails we get from our successes are wonderful reminders that the principles never fail. We encourage everyone to never give up because very few will fail.

We really don’t think of marriage counseling as a good option. Because it’s the “thing to do” (not because it works, just because it’s the thing to do) some are hesitant to only do the course. But those who tried counseling and came to us as a last resort know the truth.

What religion? Paul is religious but never tells which one, and we can’t tell because even though he was raised Jewish, he is at home with all clergy and atheists alike. The teachings are clearly spiritual, but he says that you don’t ask a heart surgeon if he is Christian; you just want the science.

In some cases, like if your husband is a pedophile, then get out. Otherwise, the course will help you unpack your feelings and decide which are real and which are “protective”.

In a word, no. We don’t want your money, we want your success.

Our counselors are trained by Paul and will treat you with the utmost respect and love. You can write to them any time you wish.

How a Divorce Professional turned into a Trusted Marriage Saver

In 2001 Paul Friedman was a reputable and successful divorce mediator in San Diego when one of his couple clients asked him to save their marriage instead of ending it. It was  already  declared “over” by a highly respected marriage counselor so Paul accepted the challenge. As a divorce mediator, Paul knew that mental and psychological issues are NEVER the cause of marriage difficulties, nor was infidelity the true cause of failure. Every day good, sane, and “normal” people lose a marriage and family they could have turned into utter happiness.

The universal reason for marital unhappiness, suffering, and failure is nobody’s fault- it is a lack of truthful knowledge. It CAN be fixed.

Not too many centuries ago, scientists were put to death if they didn’t agree that tiny Earth was the center of the universe. These days that most people learn about marriage from watching sitcoms and movies, which are high on romance but un realistic about day-to-day married life. We are simply not taught what to do or how to live our marriage.  Without a road map, marriage is nearly impossible. We would not try mountain climbing without training, but that’s how we begin and usually end our marriages.

Paul left his lucrative practice and spent 8 years working with the worst cases, creating teachings that work because they are 100% applicable. 25 years later his message of marriage truth is still gaining ground.

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