Shlomo Slatkin's Blog, page 18

How do you see your partner? What we learned in Imago relationship workshops that we’ve attended.

We’ve been to many Imago workshops over the years and are now hosting them for others. Couples are traveling from all over to Baltimore, MD to attend our group Imago workshops. There are so many lessons that you learn in these workshops and when we saw the above picture, it brought to mind one of […]

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New Year Resolution for Married Couples

What “should” your new year resolution be for the upcoming year? If you do this 1 thing, so much more will follow. You will make more money. Your job will be more rewarding. Your home will be more inviting. Your relationship with your children will be more fulfilling. What is it? You guessed it! WORK […]

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Infidelity Counseling: What You Can Learn from a Dr. Phil Episode on Affairs

Dr. Phil shared the story of a woman – who after learning of her husband’s affair – had 5 affairs of her own, distracting herself from the pain of his affair by jumping into affairs of her own. “My confidence has gone through the roof,” says woman who claims her husband encouraged her to date […]

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How to survive the holidays with your extended family

With the holidays approaching, no doubt you might be feeling a bit of anxiety when you think about all of the time that you and your family will be spending with extended family. Here are 3 tips on how to survive the holidays with your extended family: 1. Set appropriate boundaries with toxic family members: […]

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How to keep a marriage strong… even in the case of physical distance.

There’s one main tip that we have for you regarding the best way to learn how to keep a marriage strong… even in the case of physical distance like work or deployment. Give Appreciations: It’s so easy to notice the flaws in our spouse and take the virtues for granted. We need to throw out […]

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Social media is ruining my marriage!

If you often think, “Social media is ruining my marriage!”, here are 3 rules you need to follow: 1) Don’t friend member of the opposite sex- If you are in a committed relationship, interacting on social media is a slippery slope. I have had couples where one spouse was down about the relationship and he […]

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How Imago Therapy can help provide stress relief

When you feel stressed, you are not able to make conscious and informed decisions. You will react out of fight/flight mode. Imago therapy can help provide stress relief by working to calm down these fight/flight reactions and help us utilize our “full brain” and not just the reptilian one which is designed to protect us […]

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Is my spouse unhappy?

You’re wondering, “is my spouse unhappy?” Chances are that you already know the answer to this question and are looking for what you can do to help foster the old feelings of happiness that you used to have with each other. We’ll give you a few of the telltale signs that indicate that your spouse […]

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Staying present in a relationship

If you’re looking for information on staying present in a relationship then likely you know that it is all too easy to allow the pressures of daily life to distract you from the one who “should” mean the most to you. We find that eye contact is the first step to fostering fulfilling relationships. When […]

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Signs we need marriage counseling

What are the signs that you need marriage counseling? You and your spouse may both be secretly wondering what are the signs that we need marriage counseling. Whether or not he/she has expressed interest in going to counseling, you can feel comfortable sharing this post with your spouse because it’s really very simple and non-threatening. […]

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