Where did the fun go?
Work. Kids. Life. You keep everything moving, but your relationship gets whatever energy is left.
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The same arguments return. Conversations become practical. Flirting, kissing and doing something just because? Less often than you’d like.
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You miss each other, even when you’re in the same room.
Let’s make space for you both again.
Three ways we help you reconnect
Grounded in Gottman relationship science, our approach combines practical tools and everyday actions to help you handle conflict, deepen intimacy and build shared meaning.
Handle conflict better
Talk about difficult things without getting lost in the same argument. Understand your patterns, make room for your differences and learn how to repair after things go wrong.
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Feel heard. Understand each other. Find your way forward.
Enjoy each other again
Bring back friendship, laughter and affection. Make room for playfulness, adventure, romance, and honest conversations about sex and what helps you both feel close.
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Flirt. Be silly. Kiss a little longer. Have fun together.
Build a life you love
Explore what matters to each of you.
Make space for individual dreams, shared plans and everyday rituals that keep you connected through busy lives.
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A shared direction. Time together. Things to look forward to.
MEET
Simon Middleton
Coach and Founder of Couple Up
Meet Simon Middleton, Certified Gottman Therapist, ICF ACC coach and founder of Couple Up.
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With 1,000+ hours of professional coaching experience, Simon helps couples handle conflict better, rebuild friendship and intimacy, and create a life they both love.
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His signature 7-Week Relationship Reset turns relationship insights into everyday action, from navigating difficult conversations to bringing back affection, playfulness and romance.
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A sought-after speaker and coach, Simon brings a fresh, practical voice to modern love. Through workshops, retreats, writing and social media, he helps people take responsibility for how they show up, reconnect with each other and build lasting connection.
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His style? Warm, direct and practical, with room for honest conversations, laughter and a little silliness along the way.
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Better conversations. More laughter. More reasons to choose each other.
Make time for your relationship
Seven weeks, a day or a weekend. Make space to reconnect in a way that works for you.
> 7-Week Relationship Reset
Personal support to change your patterns and rebuild connection.
> One-Day Couples Workshop
A day to practise better conversations and enjoy each other again.
> Weekend Couples Retreat
Get away, slow down and make space for the two of you.
Real couples. Real change.
Better conversations. More laughter. Feeling close again. Couples share what changed when they made time for their relationship.
Simon really understands what it takes to help couples reconnect. He brings warmth, humour and practical tools to the difficult conversations. If you’ve lost your spark and keep having the same arguments, we’d wholeheartedly recommend working with him.
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Maya & Arjun, Singapore
Simon helped us see our differences as strengths. The ‘listen-first’ drills and tiny daily habits brought empathy back fast. Eight weeks later, we’re calmer, closer, and actually excited to keep practicing what we learned.
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Claire & Daniel, Melbourne
We’re two busy professionals who kept missing each other. Simon’s clear frameworks needs into requests, repair steps, and weekly check-ins made respect feel practical. We talk like teammates again, and the spark followed.
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Nura & Faizal, Dubai
Why Couple Up feels different
Couple Up is not open-ended relationship talk. It is a modern, assessment-led 7-week relationship reset designed to help couples understand what is not working, communicate more clearly and move back towards the relationship they actually want.
>Results-focused
>Assessment-led
The focus is practical progress: clearer conversations, stronger respect, better repair and more connection.
We look at how each partner communicates, handles conflict, expresses needs and responds under pressure, so the work is based on your real relationship patterns.
>Future-focused
>Weekly tasks
We do not stay stuck in the past. We use what has happened to understand the pattern, then focus on what needs to change from here.
You leave with tools, scripts, exercises and weekly actions to use in real life, not just insight from the session.
>Individual and joint support
>Gottman-certified frameworks
Each partner has space to be heard individually before we bring the work back into joint sessions.
The programme uses Gottman-certified relationship frameworks alongside coaching tools, communication assessments, values work and practical relationship exercises.
