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How Healthy Relationships Manage Conflict

In Witt and Wisdom by Dr. Keith Witt

Dr. Keith and Corey discuss “post-issue relationships” — relationships where both partners have the awareness and skill to stay connected in warmth and acceptance all the time, where challenges such as irritation, anxiety, doubt, guilt, and frustration can be transmuted into problem solving and warm feelings towards each other.

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Conflict in Post-Issue Relationships

In General by Dr. Keith Witt

The ideal goal in any conflict is to get back to love in seconds. This requires both partners to immediately recognize conflicts as they arise and shift instantly into mutual understanding.

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Post-Issue Relationships: Interpersonal development at teal and turquoise

In The Shrink and the Pundit by Dr. Keith Witt

Today’s topic is what Dr. Keith calls the “post-issue relationship”, and here’s how he describes it: In a post-issue relationship, each problem is an opportunity to grow and love. A post-issue relationship may still have problems, resentments, doubts, and selfish or thoughtless injuries, but there is always an adjustment to love in response to pain or distortion.

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Happy yes: Part 1

In General by Dr. Keith Witt

One great principle of happy relationships is to say “Yes” as much as possible. Couples who do this are happier, healthier, and have better sex. “Yes, I’ll remember to wipe …
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Post-Issue Relationships

In General by Dr. Keith Witt

Post-issue relationships are the goal of all psychotherapiesIn a post-issue relationship, each problem is an opportunity to grow and love. A post-issue relationship still has problems, resentments, doubts, and selfish …
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The Three Foundations of Marriage

In General by Dr. Keith Witt

Marriage is a garden: a couple’s friendship, love affair, and repair of injuries nurtures the marital garden Have you ever had a garden? You love it, tend it, water it, and shape it like the work of art it is. When you do, your garden becomes beautiful and fruitful, delivering whatever you desire—beauty, pleasure, rest, nourishment, purpose—a complex living system to love and cherish. People invest more time and money in gardening than any other hobby in America.

Masculine and feminine, School of Love Lecture Series #2

In School of Love Lectures by Dr. Keith Witt

We all have masculine and feminine aspects, and, in the sexual occasion, are mostly more masculine or feminine. These qualities inform our identity, work, relationships, sexuality, and worldviews. This lecture explores the vast importance and personal relevance of masculine and feminine to you and everyone you know.

American Tantra, School of Love Lecture Series #9

In School of Love Lectures by Dr. Keith Witt

How’s your sex life? If it’s not great most of the time, you (and your partner if you have one) need to watch this lecture and find out how we Americans can use the sexual wisdom of the East along with the psychological insights of the West to enjoy hot, healthy sex throughout life.