In this chapter, I will help personalize your relationship playbook. As a coach, whether it was hockey or football, I was privy to many different playbooks, but I always personalized them for our team. Any adaptions we made might be either to take advantage of the talent I had available at different positions or to […]
Chapter 4: The Imago System: The Past Affects the Present
The last piece of the combination lock is the Imago System. Harville and Helen made a huge intuitive leap in our understanding of relationships by making the connection between the unconscious image – the Imago (Imago is the Latin word for image) children form of their primary caretakers from childhood (the person who loves me, […]
Chapter 3 – Skills: The Safe Conversation Process
Coming up to Valentine’s Day – the tools are available in today’s world to have the relationship of your dreams. So far we have seen the importance of safety. Your old reptilian brain has a 500 million-year track record, you are not going to change it. If you don’t feel safe you will protect yourself. […]
Chapter 2: The Zone of Safety; Key to a Successful Relationship
“Safety is the second important piece of your playbook. Why Safety? Because safety is built into your DNA – your survival. … Our knowledge of exactly how the different parts of the brain interact and how they developed is constantly expanding; however, the consensus of opinion among most experts is that our brain stem is […]
Chapter 1: Exploring the Space-Between – A Faster Way Forward
The Space Between: A Quantum Perspective As a relationship coach, I start here because I truly believe that the fastest way forward for any couple is to pay close attention to the space between them: it is a real energy field. “In their book Doing Imago Relationship Therapy in the Space-Between, Harville, and Helen examine, […]
The Relationship Coach – Introduction
Last year, I wrote The Relationship Coach, Your Playbook for Unlocking the Combination to a Successful Relationship. taking insights from Harville Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt’s 2019 edition of Getting the Love You Want, “In this book, I use the analogy of a combination lock to explore the four different aspects of a great relationship. Obviously, […]
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