"I am newly married so this workshop is very important. I'm so impressed I feel ready for marriage and all that it has to offer." - Retail Clerk, Atlanta, GA

Using the Imago communication processes can prepare you for developing the skills necessary to prepare for a committed relationship. As you may know, being in a committed relationship is not easy.

The Getting the Love You Want Couples Workshop is an excellent method of getting you both prepared for the unavoidable conflict is that is part of the maturing relationship.

Our culture teaches us that incompatibility and conflict are grounds for ending a relationship, but this idea counters nature's intention. Divorce or "moving on" is Societies' institutionalized response to the childish wish for idealized, conflict-free relationships that never change. Incompatibility is the natural state. Learning how to grow up and manage the incompatibility and love someone different from you is the true challenge of nature.

When we fall in love, suddenly we see life in Technicolor. We nibble each other's ears and tell each other everything. We're sexier, smarter, funnier, more giving than at any other time. With our beloved, life is good. Well, this is nature's trick. When we are "in love", we tend to ignore differences and focus only on the good stuff, like how much we laugh together, we both like the same movies, or music, or food. It's all a simple but effective trick. Let me provide a personal example. When my mate Wendy and I got together, she thought I was carefree, and never worried. She saw me as calm, spiritual and adventurous. Then after a few years of marriage I turned into someone who was depressed, worried all the time and was constantly hassled and overwhelmed. She describes this as "bait and switch". Well, where do I turn myself in, I was guilty as charged. What happened to the carefree, confident and attentive person she thought that I was?