Marriage preparation shouldn’t begin after the proposal.

ElevateHER Before the Ring is an ongoing live marriage-readiness experience for single women who want to intentionally prepare for marriage before saying “I do.”

Together, we’ll have practical, honest conversations about the woman you are becoming, the relationships you are building, and the skills, wisdom, and self-awareness needed to create a healthy future “We.”

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💗 This Is for the Woman Who...

Desires marriage but wants to do more than simply wait for the right man.

You want to better understand yourself, strengthen your relationship skills, recognize unhealthy patterns, date with greater wisdom, and prepare for the realities of partnership—not just the excitement of a wedding.

You do not need to be dating, engaged, or in a relationship to participate.

This is your opportunity to prepare before the ring.

✨ What Will We Talk About?

Each live conversation will explore a different area of marriage readiness, including:

🪞 Self-awareness: habits, triggers, expectations, attachment, and emotional patterns

❤️ Healthy relationships: boundaries, trust, vulnerability, emotional intelligence, and communication

💬 Conflict & repair: disagreement, listening, apologizing, forgiveness, and reconnecting

💍 Dating with intention: character, compatibility, consistency, red flags, and choosing wisely

🙏🏽 Faith & marriage: spiritual alignment, discernment, values, and building a God-centered relationship

💰 Money & responsibility: finances, work, household expectations, and shared decision-making

👨‍👩‍👧 Family boundaries: in-laws, family expectations, traditions, and creating your own household

🤝 Moving from Me to We: independence, compromise, shared power, partnership, and mutual responsibility

🔎 Marriage-readiness blind spots: the things we often don’t examine until after the wedding

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🌷 What You Can Gain

Through ElevateHER Before the Ring, you can develop greater clarity about what you want in marriage—and what marriage will require from you.

You’ll have opportunities to strengthen your self-awareness, communication skills, emotional maturity, relationship discernment, boundaries, and confidence in choosing a healthy partner.

Most importantly, you’ll begin identifying the areas you can work on now, rather than waiting for marriage to reveal them later.

💕 Don’t Prepare Just to Be Chosen

Prepare to choose wisely.
Prepare to love intentionally.
Prepare to communicate well.
Prepare to build a healthy We.

💍 Join Us Live Online FREE

Every 1st & 3rd Monday
5PM Pacific / 6PM Mountain / 7PM Central / 8PM Eastern.

ElevateHER Before the Ring
Moving HER from Me to We

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Dr. Loretta Shields, PhD, DMin

Dr. Loretta Shields has served in ministry for over 25 years and as a research and teaching professor for more than 15 years. Holding doctorates in both Public Health and Pastoral Counseling, she is the founder of ElevateHER Institute, where she helps women heal, grow, and build healthy, fulfilling relationships. Through the ElevateHER Marriage Readiness coaching programs, she equips accomplished single women with the emotional, spiritual, and practical tools to become marriage-ready and confidently choose healthy, lasting love. Her greatest passion is empowering women to love well, live fully, and step into the future God has designed for them.