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Your Coaches

Aaron Groves

Aaron dedicated nearly 18 years to serving in law enforcement, having also grown up as a cop’s kid. Together, he and Tricia have navigated the unique challenges of a first responder marriage, learning to overcome struggles and redefine expectations along the way. Today, Aaron serves as the Executive Director of Impact Iowa’s Heroes and leads outreach at Newton Church of The Way, using both his professional experience and personal journey to strengthen and support others.

Coaching from experience

Tricia groves

Tricia serves as the Director of Operations at Newton Church of The Way and has been faithfully involved in ministry for over a decade. She and Aaron have learned to balance the demands of church leadership, community service, and raising three children, all while keeping their marriage anchored in Christ. Together, they have navigated the challenges of serving God, their community, and one another—growing stronger through every season.

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Hi, I’m Aaron Groves

We all have a testimony; choosing to share our testimony with others can change lives…

God radically changed my life, and as a result, He radically changed my marriage. My marriage struggled early on, mostly because I was a self-centered husband who wasn’t interested in connecting with my wife the way she wanted to. I had also built emotional walls in my life that inhibited my ability to be vulnerable with my wife, Tricia, and to connect on an emotional level with her. It wasn’t until Jesus removed my stony, stubborn heart and replaced it with a tender, responsive one that my wife and I were able to connect as God had intended, finally. Today, Tricia and I share our marriage testimony with others and speak into the marriages of first responders and military couples in Iowa. By sharing our mistakes and giving tools to husbands and wives to help them overcome the challenges in their own hero marriages.

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Hi, I’m Tricia Groves

I have a passion for Jesus, for prayer, and for seeing marriages thrive!

I am blessed to have been on an amazing journey of working through the challenges of a first responder marriage, but also a marriage while serving in ministry. Through my job at Newton Church of The Way, I have had the opportunity to minister to others through prayer, spiritual counseling, and leading classes. One of the most enjoyable things I get to do is lead classes with my husband, Aaron. We thoroughly enjoy serving God through leading others into a deeper relationship with Jesus and each other.

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One of the greatest joys in our marriage is sharing our story and using it to encourage others in theirs. Few things bring us more fulfillment than standing side by side—serving, speaking, and strengthening marriages together.

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Tricia and I are blessed to have worked alongside and been mentored by two legends in the marriage coaching field, Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg.

What do these people know about marriage?

Five years ago, we would have answered this question with, “Not much!” Today, we use the tools we have learned through our International Christian Coaching Institute (ICCI) marriage coaching certification process. We have been trained and mentored by some of the best marriage experts in the world, Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg. Most of our coaching comes from incorporating our personal experiences into the Rosberg Coaching Model.

Closing the loop

We work with couples to close the open loops of conflict in their marriage. Open loops lead to distrust, bitterness, and prevent couples from connecting as God intended.

Building connection

We work with couples to build back connection in their marriage. Connection is that deep intimacy and oneness that is experienced between a husband and wife in marriage.

“Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.”

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12