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Communication

Talking About Communication The Relationship Wizard On Wed. Feb. 17, 2021, from 1 -2 pm, I am going to be talking about Communication on our live Facebook show Soiree Lifestyle Series 2020. Communication is always the biggest problem in the office. The issues could be anything – money, sex, the kids, in-laws, job, the cat […]

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Communication: Why it Can Be Difficult?

The Relationship Wizard As some of you might know, my wife Crystal and I, along with two other women, Rosemary Skinner and Cynthia Ballard, have a live Facebook show every Wednesday 1-2, called Soiree Lifestyle Series 2020. It started last year in response to Covid, with a focus on lifestyle, relationships, and entertainment, but we […]

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Five Minute Relationship Repair: Conclusion

Quickly Heal Upsets, Deepen Intimacy, and Use Differences to Strengthen Love by Susan Campbell and John Grey (first of this series here) The author’s goal is to give couples a script they can use when there is any kind of a rupture in a relationship. It demands a certain level of self-awareness and objectivity about […]

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More 5 Minute Relationship Repair (con’t)

I would characterize most relationships – certainly, ours was before Imago Relationship Therapy – as unconscious, old brain, and reactive. My partner would do or say something and my reactive response would be to shut down. Campbell and Grey help explain why this happens. If you think about it, all we have upstairs (in our […]

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5 Minute Relationship Repair (con’t.)

Five-Minute Relationship Repair Quickly heal upsets, Deepen intimacy and Use differences to strengthen love by Susan Campbell and John Grey (con’t) 3 Helpful Tips from The Relationship Repair Book There were three bits of information that I found very helpful in the first few chapters of their book. 1. Being Triggered What was actually new […]

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Five-Minute Relationship Repair

Five-Minute Relationship Repair Quickly heal upsets, Deepen intimacy and Use differences to strengthen love By Susan Campbell and John Grey The first rule in relationship repair – when you find yourself being pulled down into an unwanted and upsetting place, metaphorically the Hole – stop digging! The shovels we use are: “blaming, criticizing, name-calling, judging, […]

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Relationship Issues

The Space Between: Quantum Field Theory

Let me say at the outset, that I won’t do justice to the complexities explored in this chapter on quantum physics and quantum field theory.  It is above my pay grade. Although, I do know that more and more, as a coach, I urge couples to pay closer attention to The Space Between.  The authors […]

The Nonnegotiable Conditions For Restoring & Sustaining Connecting

So what are the nonnegotiable conditions for restoring and sustaining connecting?  First, “The basic tenet of Imago is: Being present and connecting through relationship is ultimately what transforms both partners, not attempting to change themselves or their partner as separate individuals.”  (p.10) This statement sums up the shift in therapy from the Newtonian worldview to […]

Metatheory as Perspective

So what is the lens, the metatheory, the perspective, through which we, as Imago therapists, look at our couples? The authors go into a fairly lengthy historical analysis of human suffering and its mitigation.  “In all the ages of human speculation on our fate, suffering itself (as a phenomenal experience) has been identified as anxiety, […]

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