We were lucky to catch up with Eric & Temeka Thompson recently and have shared our conversation below.
Eric & Temeka, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?
We help couples win in their marriage by identifying their triggers and breaking generational cycles. While High School sweethearts, we set sails to defy the odds of being married young and having great ambitions and dreams to conquer all; until we were at the brink of divorce, super duper room-mates and on the verge of losing everything they were building together. Now married 24+ years later, we help couples WIN by overcoming the hurdles that often destroy marriages.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers
As certified Marriage Coaches, we offer Marriage coaching, Marriage Membership program, Intensives, Retreats and Seminars taking couples from no longer fussing and fighting to actively listening to each other and having conversations of substance, showing empathy for each other and bridging the gap for a better marriage.
We recently had a couple who had filed for divorce, had a court date (and due to the pandemic there were delays with being before the judge) and they found Marriage Takeover™ between the time they filed and their court date. After working with us, they canceled their court date and they’ve been doing the work on themselves – which is evident in their marriage. We were able to help them break down communication, understand their fears, understand their trust levels with one another and build upon that and they are happily married now and enjoying life with each other.
As we’re authentic and transparent in everything we do with biblical principles, we’re most proud of being able to help couples win!! It gives us great joy to see marriages, family’s, and legacy’s healed and restored.
Practical resources are offered through every online platform through Couple’s Prayer mornings at 9am EST via Tiktok and FB; Thursday night Kitchen Conversations Live at 7pm EST via Tiktok, IG, FB and Youtube and you can also catch The Marriage Takeover™ Podcast Show on all podcast platforms with new releases each month.
Once a decision is made to get more intimate and do the work, couples can participate in coaching sessions, the Marriage Takeover™ Bootcamp and/or Marriage Takeover™ Intensives. In the Fall of 2023, we’ll launch the Marriage Coaching Institute where we’ll certify other couples to coach.
Find us on every social media platform @marriagetakeover and www.marriagetakeover.com
How’d you build such a strong reputation within your market?
I remember the first time we were asked to be on a radio show to talk about marriage and Eric and I both said, “What? We don’t have anything that anybody wants to hear about marriage…we’re just getting to a good place and trying to maintain that.” After declining the interview for over a year, we finally made a decision to conduct the interview and that one interview, turned into 3 interviews to our own radio show to the birthing of Marriage Takeover™. That was 5 years ago. There was an overwhelming response to our transparency and authenticity; which produced an Amazon Best-selling book and journal bundle, “Know your Role in your Marriage”.
We literally shared what we overcame while being leaders in the church on the verge of divorce. From having arguments on the way to church, being upset and angry to changing our posture when we drove into the church parking lot (because we had to prepare our hearts and minds to serve the people – LOL) to the silent treatment and not wanting to have sex and the damages those behaviors had on us personally and our marriage. We had to shift the focus on pleasing God in our lives and then we were able to change our behaviors in our marriage. Our listeners and audience could resonate with the authenticity and as we offered practical resources to change and they realized it worked, people were able to trust the God in us and a reputation was established in the market.
How’d you meet your business partner?
I sleep with my business partner, like literally sleep with him – LOL!! We’re high school sweethearts where we met in Middle School at Raa Middle School in Tallahassee, FL. I wasn’t really into Eric (my husband and business partner) in Middle School (I probably shouldn’t have been into any boy at that age…..but) and I was already dating someone else, so it didn’t work out.
While in High School, my date ditched me at the last minute to the JROTC Ball, I was headed to the make-up counter to get my make-up done for the event (at that time it was FREE with the purchase of a $30 product) and I saw Eric at the Clinique counter getting his facial kit. As we spoke, I saw he had car keys and that was how we got started…. He had the car and didn’t have plans that night so he accompanied me to the Ball and we started dating shortly after that, now 24+ years later with two amazing children, we defied the odds.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.marriagetakeover.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marriagetakeover
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marriagetakeover
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marriagetakeover
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/marriagetakeovr
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@marriagetakeover
- Other: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marriagetakeover