Year: 2011
When couples participate in the Imago Getting the Love You Want Workshop, the group spends time brainstorming about fun date ideas. Perhaps not surprisingly, it’s usually the women who have lots of ideas and there are usually chuckles from the guys about many of the ideas. Do I really want to get a pedicure as […]
READ ARTICLEAt some point in the early days of our marriage (it was 43 years this summer) my husband and I started writing down 5-year plans. We’d go out to dinner with the purpose of brainstorming and we’d have fun putting our heads together to envision our lives together. We’d write down stuff like buying a house, […]
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“You complete me.” Tom Cruise’s famous line to his girlfriend in the classic romantic comedy Jerry Maguire captures the illusion of romantic love. Married or committed couples should merge into one: share the same interests; agree on everything; spend every moment together — right? Only in Hollywood. It probably comes as no surprise that this […]
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Our next Start Right, Stay Connected premarital workshop is scheduled for Saturday, January 28, 2012 in Arlington. Kevin Berrill and I look forward to another fun, interactive day. Here’s what participants said about our last workshop: “Positive and eye opening and helpful. Thank you for a great day!” “A valuable reminder that it’s easy […]
READ ARTICLEOver the past two decades, Imago Relationship Therapy has become a worldwide leader in the field of marriage counseling, with over 1,000 Certified Imago Therapists helping couples in over 25 countries. Now, the practice of Imago therapy is about to take another big leap forward, as a group of researchers plans to study Imago’s effectiveness […]
READ ARTICLEMy two daughters are 5 years apart and are getting married within months of each other. The preparation has been fascinating with a focus on flowers, bands, tents, wedding dresses and goodie bags. You get the idea. Amidst the flurry of energy focused on the actual day, we have had moments to take in the […]
READ ARTICLEI’ve never had a penchant for Apple products. That said, Steve Jobs did always fascinate me, primarily because he was an innovator. He inspired me to want to always ask how things could be better and to expect excellence from my colleagues. As I was sifting through the articles about Steve after the announcement of […]
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Last night my husband and I were at dinner when the news of Steve Jobs death broke. Immediately the social media world was filled with condolences, quotes and feelings about his death. My husband and I were taken aback by the fact that so many people seemed so profoundly effected by a man that they […]
READ ARTICLEThe National Marriage Project of the University of Virginia examined demographic data and issued a report that concluded that U.S. economic growth depends upon healthy marriages and stable families. The report entitled, The Sustainable Demographic Dividend, says that when people marry and have families several sectors of the economy are affected such as health care, […]
READ ARTICLE. . .and the partner doing the most talking is the one to blame. The tension of arguments, defining and expressing our own differing opinions, comprises some of the real pleasures of being in a mature relationship. Run fast, however, from any relationship rule about arguments that encourages blame. I know, I know, removing the […]
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