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Searching For Courtship Audio/Video Workshop

Background information:

Athena Institute is pleased to introduce an instructional workshop kit in conjunction with Dr. Winnifred Cutler's remarkable book, Searching for Courtship: The Smart Woman's Guide to Finding a Good Husband.

Winnifred B. Cutler, Ph.D. founded the Athena Institute in 1986 with the mission of improving health care and quality of life for women. From her research as a reproductive biologist and her own experience as a single woman pursuing courtship and marriage, she wrote her book and subsequently developed workshops. Her message and biological perspective on relationships provide women with a clear road map that will lead them down the path to courtship, joyously and successfully.

After conducting local workshops, Dr. Cutler and Athena Institute can now offer the workshop curriculum to women everywhere who seek a loving, committed relationship leading to marriage. By videotaping a live workshop with volunteers, and recording an audio library to complement the existing publications, the Searching for Courtship workshop kits will help single women embark on an interactive, proactive, multimedia journey to finding the right husband. The individual items can be purchased together as a personal "workshop" kit for at home use, or women who wish to conduct their own instructional workshops can purchase the workshop leader kit.

Dr. Cutler developed the Code of Courtship as a plan of action to follow once a woman has decided she is ready for courtship and commitment. Below are several of the Eleven Code of Courtship principles that will guide her to the goal of courtship:

Principle # 5-- Strengthen you capacity for self control by taking command of your social calendar

Principle # 7-- Learn the basic hormonal and sexual facts that affect your health and happiness.

Principle # 10-- Understand the importance of a positive first impression, and that first impressions can also be misleading.

In her material, Dr. Cutler explains that the search for courtship is a definite, positive, process. Courtship is not a random activity that just happens. The Searching for Courtship curriculum is for women who have decided they are ready for courtship, who want to learn new ways of conducting themselves, who are willing to return to the path after making mistakes, and who see marriage as a worthy goal.

Women from past Searching for Courtship Workshops have had these questions answered:

"Where do we find the good men?"

"Should you date a man even though he is dating someone else?"

"How do you convey interest without appearing too eager or desperate?"

"How do you break up with a kind, wonderful man you are not in love with?"

"What do you do if a man is attracted to you but says he is unable to make a commitment?"

Individual items-Individual kit

1. The Book: The definitive and most comprehensive resource. To be read, reread, referred back to as a reference checklist as you see fit...at home, on a plane, train or bus, or on your lunch break. In her book, Dr. Cutler presents all her research advice to you. Click here for more info on Searching for Courtship book SFC Hardback Book US$24.50 (plus Shipping & Handling) [ Review Shopping Cart Contents/Checkout] [Keep shopping Athena Products ] Save money on the whole kit
2. The Audio Library is the next most comprehensive resource: 5 cassettes provide a 275 minute reading from Dr. Cutler’s book , Searching for Courtship. The content is edited, but not summarized, and read directly from the book by Athena Institute’s media relations manager, Glynis Gould, M.Ed. These tapes can be played in your "drive-time" commuting to work in your car, in your walkman while you exercise, or for hands-free listening at home. Workshop leaders can use them to prepare for, and/or as part of, their classes. SFC Audio Library US$35.00 (plus Shipping & Handling) [ Review Shopping Cart Contents/Checkout] [Keep shopping Athena Products ] Save money on the whole kit
3. The Videotaped Workshop presents Dr. Cutler conducting a live 103 minute workshop for volunteer women in a relaxed, informal setting. The video is convenient for private home viewing, at informal social gatherings of single women, or as an instructional tool in organized workshops. Click here for details of content. SFC Video US$19.50 (plus Shipping & Handling) [ Review Shopping Cart Contents/Checkout] [Keep shopping Athena Products ] Save money on the whole kit
	4. The SFC Workbook is a supplement to the workshop components, and is an essential interactive tool for students attending an organized workshop. We do not recommend purchasing the workbook without at least one of the other above items. SFC Workbook US$8.50 (plus Shipping & Handling) [ Review Shopping Cart Contents/Checkout] [Keep shopping Athena Products ] Save money on the whole kit

Purchase options for Individual items or the Individual kit:

For single women who prefer to learn on their own...

Rather than join a group workshop: consider getting the individual kit and watch Dr. Cutler in her videotaped workshop, following along in your workbook and taking notes according to Dr. Cutler's suggestions. Then, read the book or, if pressed for time, listen to the audio library tape of the book as you drive or exercise. The book will always be useful to you as the foundation reference tool to refresh what you learn from the other material.

Or if you are on a tighter budget...

Consider buying individual items, such as the paperback and videotape, watch the video first, then read the book at your leisure.

Prices for individual items and individual kit:

Searching for Courtship hardback $24.50
Searching for Courtship videotape $19.50
Searching for Courtship audio library $35.00
Searching for Courtship workbook 8.50
Total retail price for all items $ 87.50
Special price for full kit (hardback only) $70.00

SFC Individual Workshop Kit- US$70.00 (plus Shipping & Handling)

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also available separately: Searching for Courtship paperback (not included in kit) $16.50

Workshop Leader Kit: For conducting organized workshops:

The Workshop Leader Kit offers a unique opportunity to both practitioners (therapists, relationship counselors, social workers,) to use as a tool in their practices and to women who are not practitioners, as a means to organize and conduct group workshops with single women in their community.

For women who would like to organize single friends or local single women as students, and have an informal or formal workshop: consider getting the Workshop Leader Kit yourself , letting your "students" you gather receive a 25% discount on the items they order (which should include the hardback and workbook to attend your class). The Workshop Leader Kit provides extensive instructional support for you, and any fees you charge for attending are yours to keep. These workshops can be as formal or as informal as the individual workshop leader decides. They may be sponsored by adult education centers, church groups, held at singles centers or they may be hosted with several women in the workshop leader’s living room.

For professional counselors and practitioners: order Workshop Leader kit and have your "students" or clients get the 25% discount on any Searching for Courtship items they choose to order ( we recommend the hardback and workbook as essential for attending your workshop). Follow one or all of the three syllabi provided to help guide your instruction, or shape your own "multimedia" workshop by using: portions of the video and audio library, readings aloud from the book, displaying the Courtship Map as a visual aid and using a chalkboard or easel to chart local area "single events" and places to find "where the good men are" to plan each woman's social calendar".

Other benefits from the Workshop Leader Kit.

As a Workshop Leader you will...

Obtain an annual ‘license’ and be eligible for use of Athena’s name and materials to promote and sponsor class sessions.

Receive a comprehensive "Workshop Leader Manual" which contains everything you need to run your workshop, including three lesson guides, or "syllabi", for varying course lengths, exercise sheets,class roster, evaluation forms and much more.

Be able to offer all of your students a 25% discount on SFC item purchases

Send in questions from your classes via e-mail to be answered periodically in an online newsletter.

Be able to charge and retain workshop attendance fees at your discretion.

Receive published research in scientific journals by Athena Institute