Getting the Love You Want
If you are still waiting and wishing that your partner would just see the light and behave in the way you that think he or she should, then you are living a fantasy. Most of us live with a figment of our imagination rather than the real flesh and blood person who is our partner....
In today’s increasingly image-based culture, it’s easy to feel like everyone has the perfect relationship – everyone but you, that is. Even the most idyllic relationships experience negativity and inevitable ruptures in connectivity. As noted in Getting the Love You Want, “Negativity is any thought, word, or deed that tells your partner, “You’re not OK...
As couples find themselves at home now more than ever before due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many relationships are feeling the strain. Work-related stress, childcare difficulties, interrupted routines and lack of social connections compound the difficulty of these uncertain times, leading overwhelmed partners to interacting from a place of frustration. Struggling for a way to...
By Harville Hendrix, Ph.D and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D Do you know that if you fully listen to your partner, I mean listen without judgment or filters, you will discover another person you never knew? And if you are listened to in the same way, you will overcome fear and find a part of yourself...
Love is something we’re all after. Whether it’s gaining it or maintaining it, however, love can feel elusive at times. But why is this? What might block one from experiencing the love meant for his or her own life? In their book, Receiving Love, Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. identify this common...
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt have distilled simple steps to help couples on the journey to the relationship of their dreams. Practice these ten tips for a great marriage, and they will take you on a journey to a wondrous love.
WisdomFeed Profile: Meet bestselling authors, and Oprah regular guests, Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt. A fascinating discussion about these selling authors of Finding the Love You Want. They are pioneers in the field of Relationships and creators of Imago Therapy.
When we first met, we had no idea our conversations on couples’ conflict would create a methodology of doing therapy that would become mainstream and go global. Nor did we realize that it contained the seeds of a paradigm shift that would redefine the human problem and offer an alternative solution to where psychological healing...
When we met Margaret and Sam, the contrast between them was obvious. He was dressed in a pin-striped suit with a red “power tie.” She was wearing an elaborate, colorful, frilly dress trimmed in lace, a stylish hairdo and impeccable make-up. He looked like a soldier from Wall Street; she looked like an actress from...
