Is your Spirit shining fully in your relationship?

 

 

Do you sometimes speak to your partner in ways that sadden your spirit and heart?

Is your relationship an oasis of peace and healing?

Are you able to give and receive from the loving spirit which brought you together?

Is your relationship the place where you live out the beliefs of your soul?

 

 

 

Are your actions and speech towards your partner the living embodiment of your spiritual beliefs?

 

Relationship is the best and the hardest place to practice your highest ideals.

 

 

 

 

 

Does it sometimes seem as though your feelings or history are stronger than your spirit?

 

Compassionate Communication* is a set of skills that can help actualize your beliefs.

 

*We use a unique combination of Couples Mediation and NVC - Nonviolent Communication, also called Compassionate Communication, to help couples learn how to communicate lovingly, even about hard-to-discuss issues.

(NVC© Center for Nonviolent Communication and Marshall Rosenberg)

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"We deeply appreciate your insightful guidance and clarity as you assisted us in becoming present to the joy we can create in our relationship."
- Unmarried Couple

 

 

 

 


Photo by: Amy Sophia Marashinsky

As mediators, we’ll “loan you” our skills to help you through any difficulty, and then teach you those same skills.

 

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Couples Mediation

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1) The Illusion of Separateness: Couples often come to us caught in two illusions: first, that there is a problem; and second, the problem is the other person. As a result they speak from Fear and with Judgment. We replace “problem” with “difference” and help each of you remember the love and respect which brought you together.

2) The Myth of Scarcity: In the second stage, couples slip into a power struggle about whose solution will “win.” At this stage, it feels as though there is only enough love for one of you to get your needs met, but underneath each person’s hard-lined strategies are flexible needs which open up a universe of possibilities.

3) Abundance as the Solution: The return of love within the abundance of possibilities sparks the creative energy in the couple as a team. Now, all “we” have to do is select from the many options available that meet both our needs.

4) Oneness Rediscovered: Finally, the presenting “problem” has been revealed for what it always was: an opportunity for experiencing the unity beneath the illusion of separateness.

 

Contact us to schedule an appointment.

 

 

Wherever you as a couple enter this process, we’ll not only guide you through each stage, we’ll also teach each of you the skills you need to be able to continue having constructive, loving conversations (which you can refine and practice in our NVC Class). [back to top]