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Chap. 6 (con’t): 3 Stages of Relationships

In intimate relationships, we call the 3 stages: Romantic love, The Power Struggle, and Adaptation/Resolution. The first 2 are covered in the rest of this chapter and the adaptation/resolution stage will be examined in Chapter 7. Here is something I never knew before.  “All relationships, like life, go through stages. Intimate relationships and other significant […]

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Chapter 6 con’t: An Imago Match

Let’s continue our discussion with the Imago Match, from last’s week’s blog. Here is an interesting question for you. “What leads us to choose that one person (or maybe two or three or four) to spend our lives with out of the countless others we could have chosen?” (p.129) Not a bad question really! Why […]

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Imago Clinical Theory

The six chapters in this section of the book, Imago Clinical Theory, look at life, therapy, and relationships in this new quantum universe of ours. Chapter 3: Our Connecting Brain Chapter 3 begins with a look at our complex human brain and its role in “the drama of couplehood”. The authors don’t pretend to provide […]

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Relationship Issues

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 […]

What Conscious Partners Know (con’t): 16 and 17

We are continuing our journey of moving a relationship from the unconscious, old brain, reactive modality to the conscious, new brain, and intentional modality. Along that path, there are many concepts that conscious partners incorporate into their relationship.  Being conscious means taking responsibility for (only) their own behaviour and allowing room for their partner’s flawed […]

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