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Zero Negativity

Zero Negativity is the last piece of the combination lock to having the relationship of your dreams. The first four Keys to the Lock are: The past affects the present Safety – your lower brain/brain stem The Safe Conversation Process – mirroring, validation and empathy The Space Between Eliminate All Negativity In a conscious relationship […]

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The Space Between

Typically when we think of a relationship we think of two people. I am suggesting that you begin to think of your relationship as the two of you plus the space between you. You might say: “Isn’t that just empty space.” Yes and No. It is just empty space but it is more! The Space […]

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The Safe Conversation Process: Validation and Empathy

The Safe Conversation Process is a structured way of talking that ensures safety. It is a three-step process consisting of: mirroring, validation, and empathy. The mirroring step makes sure you have really listened to and heard your partner before you can speak. Validation The validation step takes issues out of the power struggle, which tends […]

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The Safe Conversations Process – Mirroring

If safety is all-important in a relationship, and if the past does affect the present, and since talking is the main way we communicate with each other, then we absolutely must learn to talk to our partner in a safe way – about anything. The Safe Conversations process ensures partners do just that. It is […]

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2 Possible Solutions for Relationship Issues

Here, we will explore 2 possible solutions for relationship issues. If the past does affect the present as Imago theory contends, then especially at the start, you are probably going to be partnered with someone who will trigger old negative feelings, often unintentionally  (like the feeling of “being dismissed”). Therefore, you will need to come […]

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Covid -Stress – Reds – Taking Action

For many couples, and individuals, the Covid Pandemic has added a good deal of stress to their lives. Job loss, businesses closing, not working, no going for coffee or to the gym, kids at home, homeschooling, daycare closed – there are a lot of ways life has been turned upside down. In the midst of […]

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Relationship Issues

What Conscious Partners Know – 14 & 15

What Conscious Partners Know – 14 and 15 (from Doing Imago Relationship Therapy in the Space-Between) They need to remove all forms of negativity that show up in the Space-Between; instead of picking a fight and using negativity to get what they want, they ask their partner for a Dialogue.  They need to do their […]

What Conscious Partners Know (con’t)

What Conscious Partners Know (con’t) Back from England and Ireland, where we celebrated our 50th anniversary. This stuff works! We certainly wouldn’t have made it to 50 without Imago. Before going away, I had started working my way through the 25 statements Harville and Helen have written in their book Doing Imago Relationship Therapy in […]

What Conscious Partners Know: My Marriage

My Marriage: What Conscious Partners Know  This will be my last blog until May. My wife and I are heading to Europe for a month to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. As I tell the couples that come to my office, Imago Relationship Therapy is not just theory for me, it is very personal. Our […]

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That's how he likes to think of himself - a coach. John Sullivan won't fix your relationship. He gives you the tools to help you build permanent and lasting connections and a deeper intimacy with those in your life.

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