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Being Present for Each Other Heals the Past

You can heal the past by being present for each other. Helen is writing this chapter, piggybacking on Chapter 3 Conflict Is Growth Trying to Happen. She begins: “Now, finally (drum roll, please), we get to the heart of what seems to be part of the universal mystery. There is an amazing thing that happens […]

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Conflict is Growth Trying to Happen

When does conflict happen? If, as we said in Chapter 1, Romantic Love is a trick, and Chapter 2 tells us that incompatibility is grounds for marriage, then inevitably there will be conflict in any intimate relationship. Harville, who is writing this chapter, introduces it with this:  “Hopefully by now, you realize that the conflict […]

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Incompatibility is Grounds for Marriage

In our culture, generally, that statement reads “Incompatibility is grounds for divorce”. Harville, who is writing this chapter, flips it upside down. Yes, in the romantic love phase of a relationship, it tends to be the things two people have in common that attracts them together and that makes for a strong bond. He goes […]

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Romantic Love is a Trick

  The First Chapter in Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt’s book Making Marriage Simple 10 Relationship Saving Truths is entitled Romantic Love is a Trick. They take turns writing the chapters – this first chapter, Romantic Love is a Trick, is by Helen and I would dare say, is the key insight of Imago […]

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Making Marriage Simple: 10 Relationship Saving Truths

Over the next couple of months, I will be working through Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt’s 2013 book Making Marriage Simple. In it, they take the main concepts from their best-selling book Getting the Love You Want, “and add the most important relationship wisdom we’ve discovered since,”  putting it all into a simpler format. […]

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The Safe Conversation Process

This week, we delve into The Safe Conversation Process in relationships.  For the last few weeks I have been focusing on the qualities that make for a great relationship. The importance of safety, of removing all negativity from the Space-Between and of refilling the Space-Between with positives. The last piece of the puzzle is learning […]

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Relationship Issues

Appreciations: Harville and Helen

I have said this before but I think it is worth repeating:  I truly believe the fastest way forward for any couple is to protect the Space-Between them. It is a real energy field, and you can tell, can’t you, when there is tension in the Space-Between? It is either tension-free or it is not. […]

What Conscious Partners Know: 20-21

Continuing with What Conscious Partners Know: 20-21 20 The energy in their relationship has a ripple effect in their social environment. 21 They know how to orient themselves toward maintaining connection with each other, while staying open to all parts of themselves, their personality, and their sense of individuality. 20: Relationship Energy out in Society […]

What Conscious Partners Know – 18 and 19

What Conscious Partners Know – 18 and 19 Having a healthy relationship is the best thing they can do for their physical and emotional health. The quality of their relationship shapes the relational, emotional, and cognitive future of their children, if they have any. Having a Healthy Relationship Having a healthy relationship is the best […]

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