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Truth 1: Romantic Love is a Trick

This first chapter of Making Marriage Simple is written by Helen. One of the key insights of Imago Relationship Therapy is the understanding that we tend to be attracted, in an adult intimate relationship, to someone who has some of both the positive, but also the negative traits of our original caretakers. Imago is the […]

Making Marriage Simple

In 2013 Harville Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, wrote the little book Making Marriage Simple, 10 Relationship Saving Truths. “We’ve distilled the key concepts of our original book Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, and added the most important relationship wisdom we’ve discovered since.” (p.1) The book is aimed at […]

What Conscious Partners Know – 22 and 23

Continuing on with What Conscious Partners Know – Chapters 22 and 23 Connecting is sustained by intentionality, so they speak with a positive tone and use only appreciative or neutral words in all transactions, which helps them feel connected most of the time. The sign of a thriving relationship is how quickly partners engage in […]

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Truth 1: Romantic Love is a Trick

This first chapter of Making Marriage Simple is written by Helen. One of the key insights of Imago Relationship Therapy is the understanding that we tend to be attracted, in an adult intimate relationship, to someone who has some of both the positive, but also the negative traits of our original caretakers. Imago is the […]

Making Marriage Simple

In 2013 Harville Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, wrote the little book Making Marriage Simple, 10 Relationship Saving Truths. “We’ve distilled the key concepts of our original book Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, and added the most important relationship wisdom we’ve discovered since.” (p.1) The book is aimed at […]

Strategies

Over the next few weeks, I will share some strategies that I originally wrote about in my first book Create the Relationship of Your Dreams (2015). I accidentally came across the book in England when we were there celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. A friend had the book, which I had completely forgotten about, but […]