Our story & philosophy
Healthy love is something we grow.
Chicago Love Connection helps people become ready for healthier love, build it, communicate within it, deepen it, celebrate it, and enjoy it.
More than one kind of love story
A relationship-development ecosystem.
Our mission is to help people build healthier relationships through self-awareness, communication, connection, and play. Education gives us perspective. Community gives us room to belong. Ceremony honors commitment. Play invites us to stay curious.
We welcome singles, dating adults, committed partners, engaged and married couples, and people pursuing other meaningful forms of partnership. Marriage is not everyone’s goal, and your path deserves respect.
Chicago-rooted, secular, and LGBTQ+ affirming, CLC respects the beliefs, identities, and experiences people bring to connection.
A foundation for healthier love
The R.E.A.D.Y. Method™
Our relationship-development framework brings intention to how we show up, for ourselves and for each other.
Regulation
Recognize emotions, understand triggers, and respond intentionally.
Evaluation
Examine patterns, values, compatibility, needs, and relationship dynamics.
Accountability
Own choices, behaviors, impact, and opportunities for repair.
Dialogue
Communicate needs, listen, set boundaries, and navigate difficult conversations.
Yielding
Practice vulnerability, trust, intimacy, compromise, and healthy interdependence without abandoning yourself.
An educational framework for relationship development, not a clinically validated treatment.
Meet the heart behind CLC
Purpose. Perspective.
A personal connection.
Niquenya Fulbright is the founder of Chicago Love Connection, an experienced relationship educator and ordained wedding officiant.
She brings education, intentional conversation, meaningful ceremony, and play together to help people build their capacity for healthier relationships.
At CLC, your relationship journey is respected. Marriage is one meaningful expression of commitment, not the only destination.
Your next chapter starts with intention