Couples today are longing for a kind
of intimate partnership for which most of us have had few models in our own families.
Its focus is on the integration of
intimate partnership as a spiritual path and how a relationship can be transformational and lead to unconditional loving.
Never before has there been such a gap between traditional ideas
about intimate partnerships and the realities of how people come together and split up.
For building healthy families and communities — in fact, a better world — there's no better place to start than with our
own intimate partnership.
In contrast,
stable intimate partnerships can help both young men and women overcome feelings of social alienation and problems associated with poor childhood experiences.
There are some business arrangements that will lend themselves to a
more intimate partnership, and some where a more distant relationship is appropriate.
It provides proven, practical advice to help the couple change their behavior toward each other, cultivate trust and forgiveness and build a healthier, more
conscious intimate partnership.
Whether you've been dating for a year, or married for twenty years, the ending of a
romantic intimate partnership is an exceptionally painful situation to face.
When we step back and take a deeper look at what we are seeking
in intimate partnership, many of us find a desire for acceptance, support, and connection.
In the process, we are assisted in discovering and developing the innate healing power of connection and the profound spiritual potential in our
own intimate partnership.
A true test of this is whether or not the next relationship tends to end in the same situation, making break - ups and infidelity a sort of coping mechanism that substitutes for dealing with one's own barriers to establishing a
fulfilling intimate partnership with someone.
An active,
intimate partnership leads to a longer and more fulfilling life because people adopt safer behaviors, take less risks and exude more confidence if someone is depending on them.
I am a skilled relationship counselor, and I love to work with individuals and
intimate partnerships addressing relational challenges, improving communication between partners, exploring improved intimate connection, and increasing a sense of joy in life.
They co-created Imago Relationship Therapy, co-authored 10 books
on intimate partnerships including three NY Times best sellers, and co-founded the non-profit Imago Relationships International which has trained over 2500 Imago therapists in 51 countries.
This is not easy, nor is it a quick single therapy session fix, but it is a process well worth your time when you consider the payoff in the end — a
lifelong intimate partnership, filled with connected moments.
«There are many adjustments to be made in any long -
term intimate partnership, depending on the nature of the challenges a couple is facing.
When one looks at surveys where both sexes are polled, one sees that anger management issues are a problem for a fraction of less than 10 % of the population of both sexes
in intimate partnerships — similar to the figure in the Alberta survey, but one that applies to both sexes.
Couples learn the principles and skills
of intimate partnership that help them connect to one another in safe, wise and compassionate ways.
There is no information on the continuing relationships between young fathers, mothers and babies, even though a
stable intimate partnership can be a powerful factor in counteracting social isolation and problems experienced in childhood.
To help anyone feeling unsure about how to handle the challenges in their
own intimate partnership, clinical psychologist Dr. Julia B. Colwell offers Is Your Relationship Worth Saving?
Now, the reason of principle that
intimate partnerships of three or more persons can not truly be marriages, and should not be legally recognized as marriages or the equivalent, is... Well, remind me again, what is it?
In masturbation, marriage or
intimate partnership, and in the spiritual life in general, we encounter confusing, disturbing, and unwanted impulses, fantasies, and behaviors.
The intimate partnership of married life and love has been established by the Creator and qualified by His laws, and is rooted in the conjugal covenant of irrevocable personal consent.
Showing up delighted instead of depleted is indispensable for a gratifying and
intimate partnership.
You will need a parenting plan (sometimes called a «custody plan») when
your intimate partnership changes through separation or divorce and your children will no longer be residing in only one household...
Life on Earth originated in
an intimate partnership between the nucleic acids (genetic instructions for all organisms) and small proteins called peptides, according to two new papers from biochemists and biologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Auckland.
A new theory that addresses how life arose on Earth, proposes that it originated in
an intimate partnership between...
It has excellent advice about how to think about
your intimate partnerships that will actually lead to real changes in the relationships.
Allies and Enemies tells the story of this amazing,
intimate partnership.
From Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffe to Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns to Bernd and Hilla Becher, it tells of
the intimate partnerships that supported and occasionally thwarted some of the 20th century's great creative careers.
For many, ending
an intimate partnership is a time of danger.»
The way out of it, I think, is to understand that no relationship will touch on our deepest needs, fears and vulnerabilities like
our intimate partnership.
If this doesn't feel possible... If you wouldn't know how to begin or you would be paralyzed with fear... If you find the idea of developing
an intimate partnership intimidating, have very little experience with intimacy, believe you have a sexual dysfunction, are differently - abled, are learning to be inside a newly - gendered body, or are returning from active duty in the military, the surrogate partner process might be for you.
Their traumatic experiences had damaged their capacity for
intimate partnership in the areas of love, passion, sexuality, and mutual friendship.
In
your intimate partnership: through relationship therapy or a Getting the Love You Want Couples Workshop.
But if you want to have a long - lasting,
intimate partnership, you and your boo need to be able to «repair» after conflicts that inevitably come up.