Join the Relationship Revolution! In the Afterword of their book Making Marriage Simple 10 Relationship Saving Truths, Harville and Helen throw in 5 more ‘truths’ as a bonus. Last week I looked at the first of these ‘truths’, Healthy Marriages are the Ultimate Upstream Prevention, an idea I have espoused for years. Today I want […]
Afterword The Relationship Revolution
“We wrote this book (Making Marriage Simple 10 Relationship Saving Truths) to share with you the culmination of our work so far. Our goal was to give you the most simple and effective ways to make your marriage great. We’ve offered you ten powerful truths to change your understanding about what makes relationship work […]
Your Marriage is the Best Life Insurance Plan
Harville begins this chapter on healthy marriage with: “From the start, Helen and I believed that a healthy marriage has far-ranging benefits, not just for individuals, but for society. But we didn’t have the facts to prove it. So we began collecting statistics. And we’re constantly finding new studies that confirm what we’ve intuited for […]
Your Marriage is a Laughing Matter
What typically brings couples into my office is when things are not going well in their marriage – when there is DANGER. And yes, they have to learn how to deal with things when they go south, but I want couples to live the rest of their lives where it is SAFE. In Imago we […]
Your Brain has a Mind of Its Own
Helen, who is writing this chapter, begins with: “The brain can be divided into two parts: the lower brain, which we call the Crocodile; and the higher brain, which we call the Owl.” (p.100) Years ago, in my book Dream Relationship, I began with a similar concept: “Safety: the key to a great relationship. The […]
Negativity is a Wish in Disguise
The other day a client brought up the question of what to do with his negative thinking. He knows he isn’t supposed to be negative but a lot of anger is present when his partner continues to do certain behaviours. Harville addresses this very issue in his chapter on “Negativity is a wish in disguise”. […]
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