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Holiday Relationship Tip 11

The Essence of a Conscious Partnership

If Harville Hendrix, and Helen LaKelly Hunt were to take all the insights they’ve gained about love relationships in the past thirty years and reduce them to their essence, we would summarize them in the following five sentences. 

  1. Accept the reality that your partner is not you.
  2. Be an advocate for your partner’s separate reality and potential.
  3. Make your relationship a sacred space by removing all negativity. 
  4. Always honour your partner’s boundaries.
  5. Practice the Safe Conversation process until it becomes second nature and you can interact spontaneously once again. 

Harville Hendrix, Helen LaKelly Hunt

Relationships Tip 11

Put these five sentences up someplace where you can read them every day and then make them a part of your life. The tools are available in today’s world to have the relationship of your dreams. 

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The Space Between: Quantum Field Theory

Let me say at the outset, that I won’t do justice to the complexities explored in this chapter on quantum physics and quantum field theory.  It is above my pay grade. Although, I do know that more and more, as a coach, I urge couples to pay closer attention to The Space Between.  The authors […]

The Nonnegotiable Conditions For Restoring & Sustaining Connecting

So what are the nonnegotiable conditions for restoring and sustaining connecting?  First, “The basic tenet of Imago is: Being present and connecting through relationship is ultimately what transforms both partners, not attempting to change themselves or their partner as separate individuals.”  (p.10) This statement sums up the shift in therapy from the Newtonian worldview to […]

Metatheory as Perspective

So what is the lens, the metatheory, the perspective, through which we, as Imago therapists, look at our couples? The authors go into a fairly lengthy historical analysis of human suffering and its mitigation.  “In all the ages of human speculation on our fate, suffering itself (as a phenomenal experience) has been identified as anxiety, […]

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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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