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Relational Sources and Pillars

The Three Relational Sources


Marriage Judaism Re-evaluation Co-counseling

Four Relational Pillars:


The Philosophy of Martin Buber Imago Relationship Theory and Therapy

Appreciative Inquiry
Relational Neurobiology

My Relational Sources

The Seasons of a Marriage

A Spring Season Couple

An Autumn Season Couple

The Principles of Judaism

MIKDASH MEAT :
A Family is a small sanctuary

KEDUSHAT HAMAKOM :
The Sanctification of Space

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KEDUSHAT HAZMAN :
The Sanctification of Time

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Re-evaluation Co-Counseling

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The distinction between the Essence of the person and the Survival Pattern
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My Relational Pillars

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The Philosophy of Martin Buber

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Our relationships live in the space-in-between which is sacred. The meaning is to be found neither in one of the two partners, nor in both together but only in the between which they live together.
Martin Buber The Knowledge of Man

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Through the Thou a person becomes I


Martin Buber I and Thou

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When I meet Thou we are in eternal time

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Imago Relationship Theory and Therapy


with a User-friendly toolkit of Dialogical Processes

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We unconsciously find the most incompatible person, who is most capable of giving us the worst relational nightmare and yet at the same time we hire that person because they can become our best ally for healing and growth.

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The Biology of Romantic Love


You love her so much that your medial insula could just burst. Whenever you catch a glimpse of her you get that swelling sensation in your anterior cingulate. Even seeing her photo gives you a twinge in the old basal ganglia.

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Appreciative Inquiry

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An Organizational Development Method which bases itself on the utilization of the appreciative eye. It focuses on what is abundant, inspiring, life-giving and life-affirming, rather than on the problematic and the deficit.

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The distinction between the Language of Deficit and the Language of Abundance.

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The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes
Marcel Proust

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Relational Neurobiology

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We are the sculptors of each others relational brain. In connection, we co-create new neural pathways for the integration of the whole brain

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Limbic Relationality
Limbic Resonance Limbic Regulation Limbic Revision

Our Brain is Wired for

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Mirror neurons are part of our neural network: They create a brain-to-brain bridge that melds our moods and emotions, and wire us for compassion & empathy.

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Relational Intelligence and Relational Maturity


The High Road Slow and Beautiful
Old Brain

Old Brain

Frontal Lobes

The Low Road Quick and Dirty

Frontal Lobes

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