I was twelve when Rock Your Marriage started. Not that I had any concept whatsoever of the words “Rock Your Marriage” nor any inkling toward a career in counseling. Although, what I did have was fundamentally everything I needed to start Rock Your Marriage. The story goes like this. I grew up in a Christian home with loving and dedicated parents. Not perfect parents, but good parents. They taught me the value of family as well as right from wrong. I saw my parents go through some tough times and stick together through it all. Certainly, I did witness some of their mistakes along the way, but I have to say that their commitment to one another has stood the test of time. I’m incredibly grateful for this, especially because of how rare it is these days. Unfortunately, the rarity of lifelong marriage did affect some of my extended family and friends and this is where the Rock Your Marriage story really begins. The first thing I remember was noticing a significant change in some of my close friends. This change involved them retreating more into themselves, and at the same time acting out with more attention-seeking behavior. It involved making some age inappropriate decisions with members of the opposite sex and substances, as well as an unhealthy dose of disrespect toward themselves and others and a growing sense of opposition toward authority. It involved new “friend” groups that proved to be non-beneficial overtime. This new found dramatic change involved restlessness, defiance, independence, unhealthy mechanisms of self-protection, the wearing of masks, the pursuit of pleasures over growth, a pervasive lack of trust in themselves or others, and some significant struggles with God. Did I realize all of this at age twelve? Of course not! But I did feel my friends’ pain and saw the confusion on their faces and realized that they had been deeply and profoundly effected. It was at this point that I knew if there was anything I could do to stop this horrible and sudden change from happening to anyone else I would. If there was anything I could do to stop children from experiencing such heartbreak I would. At the time, I just tried to be the best friend that I could because that’s all I knew and was capable of. But it was soon after this that my knowledge grew and I found out the initial root cause to my friends’ pain — divorce. This was the actual moment my calling and passion was born and the seed was planted that has now grown into Rock Your Marriage. A seed planted deep within my heart to change the tide of divorce in our nation. To see couples restored, families renewed, damage undone, addictions overcome, trauma healed, unresolved wounds reconciled, and couples and families stand the test of time. - Jordan Hall, Founder & Director