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"The ones I have referred, come back to me almost on bended knee with thanks for referring them" Gina, Child Health Nurse, WA. "such an amazing weekend........our lives are forever changed." Adam, Brisbane
We have actually fallen in love again or is it for the first time? I cannot recall it being so intense and at such a depth the first time round." couple, Melbourne "Thank you for all the work and passion and love you have put into changing the lives of couples like John and me; you have given a new future to our children." Ranka, Perth
New Year, New You..... Happily Ever After does happen...!! We want YOU to be part of "Our Revolution"! I woke up this morning with such a bound of energy and enthusiasm. I was thinking about my new vision for this NEW decade which is to decrease the divorce rate in Australia by half by the year 2015 (which is about 50% of marriages) Can you imagine how much heartbreak that will change? This is something that I have been talking about for quite some years. And...... at the Couples Workshop in Melbourne, Australia in September 2009 I quite emotionally made a public declaration of committing to making that happen - this was captured on film so look out for the clip of this which will be on our website soon... And we need YOU as we can't do it alone! We can't change the world unless we reach it!..... Well, the idea that was bouncing around in my head is EVERYONE of you are "the troops" that are going to make this transformation in our society happen. Yes YOU can make this possible! I imagine just because you are reading this that you care about being in happy and loving relationships and families and I deduce that you also care about everyone you know being happy in all their relationships. We want to underline that this isn't just about changing our primary love relationships because if you act in this way at home it will change the way that you act in ALL situations. So I was dreaming about all of you - both men and women going out and talking with your friends, family, relatives, work-mates, colleagues, neighbours, customers, clients, people in your churches, people in your schools, with your online buddies, your blogs, on Face book, guys at the pub you go to - Don't laugh, there are guys doing this! - People in all your communities - everywhere that people gather and share. And what were you doing? You were sharing about how happily ever after does happen....! About how goooooood it feels! About how you want EVERYONE to have a happy marriage/ committed relationship and how important and crucial it is for our world. You were sharing about how great it is to have A Toolbox of tools and skills to communicate effectively with your husband or your wife/or partner and in fact, the people around you. You were talking about how good it feels to look forward to coming home - or as one guy put it - "a relationship where I couldn't wait to get home; that would have me skipping up to the door." Wow, imagine that happening........! Relationships where communication is direct and easy, where we are honest about our thoughts and feelings, where there is a balance of the giving and taking, of talking and listening, where there is understanding, respect, fun, lots of laughter and touching, where you feel valued and loved and appreciated for who you are, where you just feel settled, happy and grateful for your relationship and that you are in exactly the right place............. There's lots more I could describe about what a happy and successful relationship feels like but how about you describe what is important for you by answering this question: If you could design your perfect or ideal relationship or wave a magic wand and have anything you wanted what would it look like? What are the characteristics, the behaviours, the qualities, and the environment that you wish for? What does the marriage/relationship of your dreams look like? Be specific. So our part in this is to educate people how to do this. And our question to you is: "Are you ready and willing to make a commitment this year, this decade, to change yourself and in so doing.... the world?" So IN SUMMARY - here's the part I'm inviting you to do: If you haven't already done a Workshop you commit to doing one and learning the skills, or if you are a Graduate you talk to others and share your story and spread the word - we suggest you make a pledge of inspiring a minimum of one couple per month to attend a workshop. We are inviting you on board to get the word out far and wide and so much further than we ever could on our own. Our commitment to you is you do the talking and the referring and if you or the people you know are having problems or challenges with paying for whatever reasons we will make it happen for you and them. So in other words we are eliminating money as being a reason why you or they can't do it. How much better your world will be when all the people you interact with are happy and feeling loved and respected and secure and safe in being who they are and in the relationships they are in. The spin-off or pay back to you is a community of like minded happy and loving people to interact with. We see it as paying it forward. We believe "it takes a community to hold and support marriages/loving relationships" along the theme of "it takes a village to raise a child".... I am reminded of Michael Jackson's song "Heal The World": "Heal the world........ Make it a better place, for you and for me and for the entire human race... ......There's a place in your heart and I know that it is Love....." Check it out on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U. It's inspiring! This song is about ending wars. I see this song as also a metaphor for ending the war that is going on in many people's homes (let's estimate 50% of people as we have about a 50% divorce rate) and the weapons that people are using are their words, their criticisms, all the ways we defend and attack and emotionally abuse our loved ones; the ways we are harsh and unkind and unloving and withholding. The chilling line at the beginning of the movie "The Prince of Tides" that we show in our workshops is a good description - "I don't know when my parents began their war with each other, but I do know the only prisoners they took were their children..." Happily ever after does happen...!! Deep THANKS from a very grateful place in our hearts for all that you are daily doing in your life to create more loving in the world...making it a better place for all the children.... Footnote: This article is intended for people everywhere whether you live in Australia or America or wherever. Our focus for this project on halving the divorce rate is on Australia at the moment..... and EVERY relationship that is loving and happy contributes to this coming about..... _____________________________ We invite you to join us in THE COUPLES COMMUNICATION workshop based on "Getting The Love YOU Want" by Dr Harville Hendrix
Presented by SUSIE ITZSTEIN Psychotherapist/Educator and SHELTON HUETTIG Marriage & Family Therapist
THIS WORKSHOP WILL BENEFIT YOU IF any of these are true for you:
This 2 hour workshop is based on the work of Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., and the theory and exercises described in his best-selling book, "Getting The Love You Want - A Guide for Couples."
Quoting Oprah in the October 2005 issue of “O” Magazine talking about Imago and her experience of Harville Hendrix: “That show changed me, I saw relationships not solely as the kind of romantic pursuit our society celebrates but as a spiritual partnership that's meant to change how you see yourself and the world.” In our opinion this workshop is the quickest and most profound way to re-connect with your partner and learn the tools necessary to repair and re-build and deepen your relationship/marriage. The workshop is wonderful in that it will teach you all the processes (and you will experience doing them as well) that you need to be able to work on all areas of your relationship. What is included in the workshop? The Workshop Format includes a mix of:
This workshop is relationship education, not therapy.
how can WE BENEFIT From the workshop? Participating in a Couples Workshop you will:
YOU WILL:
Our Money Back Guarantee We are serious about your success and so confident you will receive great value from this workshop that:
Most people find the workshops to be an excellent experience that transforms their relationships forever. In learning this "new way to love........." you will make a difference in ALL your relationships. Says Alanis MORISETTE, a trained Imago Educator; Whatever your situation, Imago can show you a new way to Love..... Falling in Love is easy...........Staying in Love is another matter.... Let us teach you a new way to relate..... a new way to love...
GRADUATES: A special WARM HELLO to all the different people we have met and shared with and participated in the workshops. We hope you are daily experiencing feeling more loving and loved and living the life you want...... We invite you to top up on your learning and skills....we are regularly adding new updated pieces all the time to the workshops. We have many couples re-doing the workshops who report getting so much from doing it again we think it is important to pass that on and recommend all Graduates consider it as an option. A reminder of our policy that GRADUATES pay HALF PRICE to do the workshop the second time and from then on attendance is FREE. ARE YOU READY to be in the most loving and happy relationship that you can dream of? THE ACTIONS you take create THE RESULTS you get..... testimonials: "We felt it had come to the end of the road for us....but, now we are renewed and hopeful of the relationship we always thought we might have...We feel as though it is worth fighting for again." Peter & Joanne, Brisbane "I love my wife more now than when I first met her. It's so good to know what to do to make her happy..." John, Seattle.
"Everything has to do with loving or not loving".. Rumi
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." - Moulin Rouge, 2001 Shelton Huettig, M.A., Marriage and Family Therapist Susie Itzstein, B.A., Psychotherapist/Educator
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