Stage 5: Happily Ever After
What do we really know about the power of two people who become a couple? Can we describe it with words, numbers or a vision? If for me the power of a strong relationship is expressed through my own experience … Continued
Challenges for Couples in Stage 4
The challenges for you couples in Stage 4 include expanding your ability to move easily toward and away from each other as the situation requires. You may even want to spend more time together as any lingering threat of being … Continued
Relationship Stage 4: Recoupling (When You Put “Relate” back into Relationship)
Have you ever heard this Indian song? You will start to love your life again my friend and that is all, there’s nothing more to say singing hey lay oh hey singing hey lay oh ha If life is a … Continued
Challenges for Couples in Relationship Stage 3
The principal challenge for couples in Relationship Stage 3 The principal challenge for couples in Relationship Stage 3 is to develop an even stronger personal identity and sense of self than each had before meeting—one that is separate from the relationship, … Continued
Stage 3: Rediscovering Yourself
I like the analogy between the relationship and the Chinese Yin Yang symbol. Similarities are obvious at several levels. The male and female beginning is represented by the black and white colours. If we look at the symbol of the … Continued
Addiction to Love and Other Challenges in Stage 2
Do you know the image of the Eternal bachelor, of Casanova, with a charming smile and shining eyes? This is the image of the love addict striving to always feel, at any price, in love and part of an endless … Continued
Relationship Stage 2: Rediscovering the Differences That Make the Difference
You wake up one morning only to find out that you are lying in your own bed with a complete stranger next to you. And then you ask yourself how to find the differences in this picture – from yesterday … Continued
Challenges for Couples in Stage 1 of Their Relationship
They were talking while having a glass of wine as they often did. Four women talking about their relationships until one of them shared: “…We’ve been together for six months now. But I can’t breathe anymore! He just wants to … Continued
All I can see are your good points
“I have finally met the one I am meant to be with; my soul mate. I love him! I love him! I love him!” – These are the words of every woman in love who has just found out that … Continued