Aging presents us with many challenges, from financial planning to health concerns. Another difficulty that can arise as we move beyond middle age is cultivating and sustaining relationships. Research shows that healthy relationships are crucial to aging well, so how do we maintain these vital connections throughout our later years?

Keeping relationships healthy and flourishing can be tough. That’s where Love in Your Golden Years can help. Taught by James O. Pawelski and Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and rooted in positive psychology, these six lessons will dispel common myths around relationships while using empirical research and science-backed skills to help you better understand, build, and maintain connections. While the primary focus is on marriage and romantic relationships, you’ll find that much of the insight James and Suzie offer can be applied to other important relationships in your life as well.

Relationships are an important source of meaning and fulfillment and, like many of the most important things in life, they require dedication, attention, and effort. As you will discover throughout these lessons, we can’t just wait for positive emotions and behaviors to happen—we must cultivate them in our daily lives and bring them to our connections with others. Join us for Love in Your Golden Years and discover the fundamentals of building love that lasts a lifetime.