Forwardly Relationship Wellness Benefit
Relationship health profoundly impacts your emotional, physical, and financial well-being. To support your household through life’s complex transitions, News Corp offers Forwardly, an all-in-one relationship wellness benefit provided entirely at no cost to you. Participation is entirely confidential, and your personal usage details are never shared with your manager or the Human Resources department.
Forwardly fills the gap between professional appointments. While traditional therapy or legal sessions are invaluable, they typically only last one hour a week. Forwardly acts as a continuous safety net, providing 24/7 access to practical tools, human coaching, and expert-backed strategies to help you communicate better, reduce conflict, and manage emotional strain.
A Tool Built for Every Partnership Paradigm
Forwardly does not require formal legal labels or diagnoses to access its tools. The program is intentionally engineered to support all types of partnerships, including same-sex couples, domestic partners, long-term unmarried relationships, and co-parents. Spouses and partners are highly encouraged to participate. They can leverage the exact same registration link and access code to share a unified profile, allowing both individuals to navigate resources together at no additional expense
It is important to note that Forwardly is not a replacement for traditional clinical therapy or medical interventions. Instead, it functions as a highly practical companion ecosystem. It provides actionable scripts, real-time chats, and structured checklists that serve as a developmental bridge between your counseling appointments, empowering you to execute positive changes in real time.
| Benefit Pillar | Feature Component | Functional Purpose & Strategic Value |
| Human Coaching | Care Coordinators | • Real, trained professionals acting as your personal quarterbacks . |
| Instant Assistance | Forwardly Assistant & Fast Forwards | • AI-powered, expert-backed real-time chat for immediate answers . |
| Vetted Referrals | Legal & Mediation Matching | • Direct matches to vetted, reputable family law attorneys . • Streamlined access to reputable online divorce tools for uncontested pathways. |
| Self-Directed Action | Resource Library & Self-Care | • 24/7 access to tactical articles, interactive checklists, and conversation scripts . • Curated sleep, movement, mindfulness, and emotional reset modules. |
Forwardly meets you wherever you are on your relational timeline, matching resources to four specific situational objectives:
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Healthy Relationship Toolkit & 10-Day Boost: Built for proactive couples who are currently stable but want to establish ironclad communication skills, manage external stressors, or balance the challenges of modern parenting and partnership.
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Relationship Repair: Designed for couples navigating rough patches, communication breakdowns, constant arguing, or standard household tension. This module details structural mediation, tools to de-escalate fights, and frameworks to align partners on the same page.
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Separation & Divorce: Provides specialized operational pathways for individuals handling the dissolution of a partnership. Planners help clarify financial splits, prepare you for legal processes, reduce expensive billable attorney hours, and map out strategic co-parenting or custody agreements.
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Rebuilding Post-Divorce: Focuses heavily on personal restoration after a major split. These toolkits supply the necessary framework to navigate single parenting, manage personal finances on a single income, heal emotional stress, and establish healthy boundaries as you restart your life.