About Us

Hello everyone! 

 

We are Bob & Alisa Gound.  Welcome to our blog, “More Than A Pulse - It Takes a Plan to Stay Married and in Love.  All of our relationships started with a pulse, an elevated heart beat, and we fell into infatuation.  Research shows that these frilly feelings diminish over the first two years of marriage, often resulting in divorce. We want to take you from there (or wherever you are at in your marriage) and show you how to understand yourself and your mate. More importantly, how to communicate and engage with them, the way they need to be.  You’ll be surprised to see changes occur in you and your mate, that will help make your marriage last a lifetime. 

 

We started our "Forever Together Amen" journey in the spring of 2007. Our eyes met on a coach pitch baseball field in Paintsville Kentucky (southeast Kentucky). And since, have blended a family of eight. That's right... We said eight! We'll tell you more about our family blend in future writings.  We are are Master Marriage Coaches (MMC), and are mentored by Dr. Robert Rohm, Dr. John C Maxwell and Dr. Les & Leslie Parrott. I (Bob) am a leadership and HR professional, that leads twenty-two stores for a large retail chain and am the founder of The Absolute Leader, LLC. And I (Alisa) am an Occupational Therapist, teaching people life skills, that may be mentally impaired from birth or from a traumatic brain, or spinal injury, and the founder of Soul Food, Inc. Soul Food feeds over two hundred-ninety children over the weekend of each school year in eastern Kentucky.  

 

So, how do we plan on assisting in making your marriage last a lifetime? We will be discussing current and relevant marriage and relationship topics each week based on a Christian perspective. We will also give you some ideas of how to apply it in your relationship. We don’t want this to just be a motivational blog full of flowery words and stories. We want to develop you to motivate yourself and sometimes your partner, to apply these principles and ideas to make your marriage feel like you are living “Happily Ever After” (most of the time). We will also be focusing on key issues that are proven to build a happy marriage. In marriage and loving relationships, you have to be aware, before we can beware of these stress points. Then you can be proactive in our approach to identify and deal with them before they cause a major conflict.

 

You will also be exposed to our thoughts on how to be the architect for you marriage, by applying our I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E Marriage Blueprint participles and behaviors. This is an exciting look at marriage starting with both of your personalities, and how to best communicate with each other. It's really impactful formation that will transform your marriage in a positive way and have a marriage with "More Than A Pulse." You can have a marriage filled with passion and a burning desire for your spouse. Sound good? Then let's get started!

 

Blessings,