…earn more about styles of attachment here. Becoming aware of your critical inner voice and how it impacts your relationship. To varying degrees, we all have an enemy within, a part of ourselves that operates inside our heads in much the same way a malicious coach would, criticizing us and offering up bad advice. The critical inner voice does not support our loving, vulnerable self, but rather our destructive attitudes and behavior. It comments neg…
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…Fantasy Bond This video, featuring exclusive interview clips with Dr. Lisa Firestone and Dr. Robert Firestone, will give you a brief understanding of what it means to be in a Fantasy Bond and how to identify if you suffer from a Fantasy Bond in your own intimate relationship. To learn more about The Fantasy Bond, Register for our FREE webinar on Tuesday, April 24th from 11am-12pm PST. This Webinar presents a model for an ideal relationship that co…
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…ance. We hope you join us! There are NO CEs available for this webinar. Learn about the eCourse “Love and Connection” with Drs. Lisa Firestone and Dan Siegel….
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…g Your Ideal Relationship.” By getting to know ourselves, we give ourselves the best chance of finding and maintaining lasting love. Sign-up for Dr. Lisa Firestone’s FREE Webinar: “How YOU Can Improve Your Relationships“…
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…ship. By getting to know ourselves and our patterns, we not only free ourselves from much of the pain of a breakup, but we orient ourselves to make better choices in the future, both in the partners we select and how we relate to a loved one over time. To learn more, join Dr. Lisa Firestone for a Webinar on “Overcoming Breakups and Rejection.” Understanding and Overcoming Relationship Anxiety Length: 90 Minutes Price: $15 On-Demand Webinars In…
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…; plenty of secure attachments are formed without following any particular parenting philosophy.) Separate, connect. Separate, connect. It’s the primal dance of finding ourselves in another, and another in ourselves. Researchers believe this pattern of attachment, assessed as early as one year, is more important than temperament, IQ, social class, and parenting style to a person’s development. A boom in attachment research now links adult attachme…
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…imperfect relationship: stop listening to your inner critic. The “critical inner voice” is a term my father has used to describe that coach in people’s heads that stands at the helm of self-sabotaging behaviors. This voice will tell you that you are unworthy of a nice relationship. It will critique your partner or potential partner and fuel pretty much any thought or behavior that will keep you “safe” (and often single) inside the status quo, a pl…
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…, compassionate attitude toward our partner. Don’t listen to your critical inner voice – We all have cruel, coaching thoughts inside our head that get especially loud when it comes to our relationships. This “critical inner voice” is full of bad advice that interferes with our happiness and tends to criticize us (or our partner) at every turn. It may tell us not to invest in or trust our partner. It may advise us to protect ourselves by not gettin…
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…e have a lot more power than we think when it comes to how we feel. As Dr. Lisa Firestone said, “Love involves behavior. It is a skill. To be truly loving, we have to take actual actions toward our partner that he or she experiences as loving.” So, while a potion would be nice, the answer to our woes is usually in our own actions. According to Dr. Firestone, there are ways to stay truly connected to our love for someone else, to help them feel see…
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