Manning Marriage Method™

Is your love actually safe?

We’re Shena and Tony. We’ve been married 37 years, and we help couples build a marriage where both people feel emotionally safe, the kind of safe where you can be honest and still feel loved.

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Dr. Shena Manning, LPC and Pastor Tony Manning, Christian marriage counselors in Georgia

What readers and leaders are saying

“Safe Love is the most clinically precise and spiritually grounded marriage resource I have encountered in my practice. Dr. Shena Manning speaks the language of the therapist's office and the sanctuary with equal fluency. I will be recommending this book to every couple I work with.”
Candice Scurry
Psychotherapist | Texas
“The Manning Marriage Method (M³) offers practical, easy-to-apply advice for couples navigating the evolving challenges of marriage. This relationship guide provides real tools to improve communication, strengthen emotional connection, and build a healthy, lasting marriage.”
Dr. Jennifer Blodgett
Educator and Academic Leader
“I went into this book thinking I had a strong, solid marriage…but Chapter 9, in particular, was incredibly eye-opening. It pushed me to take a step back, reflect on myself, and consider how my actions and perspectives might be perceived, as well as what I can do to grow. There were so many “aha” moments throughout, and I really appreciated the balance between clinical insight and personal experience. What sets this book apart is that it doesn’t just focus on your current relationship - it encourages you to think bigger, helping you build a lasting legacy together. Definitely a must-read whether you’re a newlywed or established, it has something for everyone!”
Colin & Mari-Grace White
Newlyweds | Educator and Academic Leader
“Dr. Shena and Tony beautifully combine biblical principles with practical wisdom to help couples understand that even high-achieving couples need a safe place to be vulnerable, communicate, heal, and grow together. Safe Love is a gift for couples who want to be intentional about their marriage and build a foundation that can withstand life’s challenges.”
Mary Jacobs
Amazon Review
“My wife told me about this book. Out the gate the introduction and prologue had me hooked! I said to myself, ‘I’m taking my time to read this.’ In the first chapter, the biblical breakdown of marriage is insightful and the action steps at the end are simply applicable.”
OluMoG
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“As a couple still in the early years of our marriage, we found this book to be incredibly insightful and encouraging. It was a wonderful resource that helped us feel seen by putting words to many of the experiences and challenges we’ve already faced.”
Sora Yi
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“What I love about it, is that it hands you a mirror and pushes you to do some self work. As a young woman who is still learning and growing in my marriage it was really an eye opener.”
Shanieka H.
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED

Build a marriage that lasts.

Book Signing & Journal Launch

Saturday, November 7, 2026, 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, Mall of Georgia, Buford, GA

Bring your copy of Safe Love to be signed, and be among the first to pick up Anchored for Him and Flourish for Her.

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NEW FROM SAFE LOVE
The Safe Love App

Bring Safe Love into your everyday marriage. The app gives couples simple daily practices, Scripture, guided check-ins, and tools for building emotional safety at home. Connect with your spouse, grow together at your own pace, and keep your covenant at the center of it all.

Start with a 14-day free trial of everything. After your trial, the core features stay free, and you can join Safe Love Plus for $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year. One membership covers you and your spouse.

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Works on any phone. On iPhone, open it in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

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Build a marriage that lasts.

The Manning Marriage Method™ brings together clinical training, pastoral wisdom and thirty-seven years of marriage. Start wherever you are, and we will walk with you from there.

Engaged, newly married, many years in, remarried or starting over, there’s a place for you here.

Free Marriage Assessment

See where your marriage stands in communication, conflict, finances, faith, intimacy and legacy. It takes about ten minutes.

Safe Love

The Manning Marriage Method™ in full, with biblical truth, counseling wisdom and tools you can use at home. Signed paperback $24.99, ebook $9.99.

Brighten Path Counseling

Christian counseling with Dr. Shena Manning, LPC, for engaged couples, married couples and individuals, including the Manning Marriage Method™ 12-week program.

Covenant Ready™

Premarital counseling and wedding ceremonies, so you walk into your marriage prepared and walk out of your ceremony ready.

Marriage Between Sundays

Honest conversations between a counselor and a pastor about the everyday life of marriage, with a new episode every other week.

Speaking & Partnerships

Keynotes, marriage retreats, church workshops and workplace wellness programs for your congregation or organization.

Meet Shena and Tony

Married thirty-seven years, with four children and two careers in education, they built the Manning Marriage Method™ inside their own marriage.

The Manning Marriage Method™: clinical expertise, pastoral wisdom, and 37 years of real covenant.

Love that holds
the full weight
of who you are.

When love is safe, you can be honest with each other without bracing for a fight. That is the marriage we help couples build, one conversation at a time.

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“Most couples spend more time planning the wedding than preparing the marriage. The couples who do both build something entirely different.”

DR. SHENA MANNING, LPC, AUTHOR OF SAFE LOVE

Is your marriage emotionally safe?

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