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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Relationship Green, Yellow and Red flags
Last week I came across and shared, a document entitled 12 Relationship Green Flags. I had heard of relationship red flags but I thought this was kind of a neat spin on the concept. My wife then encouraged me to enlarge on the idea and together we expanded the list to include relationship red, and […]
The Past Affects the Present
A key insight of Imago theory is that unconsciously we tend to be romantically attracted to someone who has some of both the positive, but also the negative traits of our early caretakers. That person can look very different on the outside, but don’t be surprised when similar negative feelings to ones you had as […]
Relational Competency- Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt
In October, Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt, the creators of Imago Relationship Therapy, were on our live Facebook show – Soiree Lifestyle Series 2020. They covered two broad areas. Relational Competency The first I wrote about in last month’s newsletter “What advice would you give couples just starting out?” The second area […]
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