A Companion Workbook
For Betteror Worse
A Menopause Faith Guide for Couples
Interactive Couples Workbook
Use this workbook alongside each section of your guide. Your answers are saved privately in this browser — only you can see them. Fill it in together, one section at a time.
Section One
01 of 07
What Is Actually Happening
Reflection pages for what you've both been living — now with names for it.
She checks what she's been experiencing. He checks what he's been witnessing. Work through these together — there are no wrong answers.
The "Now We Get It" Reflection
In Her Words
In His Words
"What felt like a relationship problem may have been a hormone problem. That doesn't excuse everything — but it reframes a lot."
Section Two
02 of 07
Hearing Each Other
What she's really saying. What he's really feeling. And how to meet in the middle.
Translation is a skill. Use these pages to practice it — in your own words, in your own relationship.
Translate Your Own Phrase
What Each of You Needs Most
This Week's Conversation
"You don't have to say the perfect thing. You just have to keep reaching toward each other."
Section Three
03 of 07
The Conversation Guide
Know your patterns. Choose your practice. Build the habits now.
Real change happens in small, repeatable practices. Use this page to identify your defaults and choose one rhythm to actually try.
Know Your Default
Our Sacred Pause
Our Communication Rhythm
Check the one you'll try this month:
A Repair Worth Making
"The best conversation you'll ever have starts with actually showing up for it."
Section Four
04 of 07
Becoming Her Advocate Together
From overwhelmed to equipped — the practical section.
Use this page to prepare for real appointments and track what's working at home.
Preparing for Her Next Appointment
After the Appointment
One Home Change This Month
Check the one you'll focus on first:
"You're not her doctor. You're her partner. That's actually the more important role."
Section Five
05 of 07
Taking Care of Both of You
Two empty cups don't fill each other. This section is for both of those cups.
Rate each area honestly — not aspirationally. This is a starting point for a real conversation, not a test.
Her Wellbeing Check-In
His Wellbeing Check-In
One Joint Practice to Start
"You can't hold each other up if neither of you is standing."
Section Six
06 of 07
The Intimacy Chapter
Honest, grace-filled, and just for the two of you.
This page is private — for the two of you, in your own time, in your own words. There's no pressure to fill in every line. Even starting the conversation counts.
Naming What's Changed
In Her Words
In His Words
Redefining Closeness
"You don't have to feel it to choose it. And sometimes choosing it is what brings the feeling back."
Section Seven · The Final Chapter
07 of 07
Still Standing
Look back at everything you've worked through. Set an intention for what's ahead.
You made it through all seven sections together. That matters more than you know. Use these final pages to close well and look forward.
Looking Back
Looking Ahead
A Place for Prayer
A Couples Prayer
Read this aloud together. Slowly.
Father, we come to you together — not because we have everything figured out, but because we've decided not to figure it out alone.
Thank You for this marriage. For the vows that held when things got hard. For the grace that covered the moments we said the wrong thing, pulled away, or simply didn't know what to do.
Give us wisdom — patience for the days that are hard, humor for the days that are absurd, and faith for the days that ask more than either of us has. Where there has been distance, draw us together. Where there has been silence, give us words.
May we stand on the other side of this — still together, still choosing, still laughing — and know that You were in it the whole time.
Amen.
Your Closing Declaration
Still Standing
And choosing to keep standing — together
We choose to face this season as a team — not two individuals managing it separately.
We commit to honest conversation — even when it's awkward, even when we don't have the right words.
We give each other grace — for the hard days, the bad moments, and things said in exhaustion.
We hold our faith as an anchor — trusting the God who designed this marriage and this season.
"You said for better or worse. This is worse doing its work. And you are still here. Still standing. Still choosing each other."
Faithfully Strong Wellness · Jackie Roberts · faithfullystrongwellness.com
