From Making Marriage Simple by Harville Hendrix Harville begins this chapter with: “Hopefully by now you realize that the conflict you’re experiencing is not only normal, but inevitable and even valuable. Don’t try to avoid it. Don’t try to deny it. Don’t run away from it, or wish it away. Stay with it, and you’ll […]
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 […]
