For a Healthy Relationship, Tell Me How I was Awesome

This study, “Tell Me About A Time When I was Awesome,” is from a ‘Best Self Study’ at Harvard Business School, and indicates that performance improves when we are told we are good at something. It is called ‘best self activation.’ Reminds me of what we do in Imago Relationship Therapy, when we work on “appreciations” – a form of healing that is done in dialogue (and for homework) in couple’s therapy. We don’t need a Harvard study to confirm that you always get more of what you appreciate. But good for them for proving it. Nice job, Harvard.

For more information on couple’s therapy or setting up an Imago couple’s therapy session, or an Intensive, or a phone consult, contact me at www.drtammynelson.com or check out my books, Getting the Sex You Want or The New Monogamy for a good introduction to Imago. For the roots of Imago therapy, or to find out about the founders of Imago, Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt, or to read Harville Hendrix’s book, Getting the Love You Want, you can find them at Imagorelationships.org or you can find the book at drtammynelson.com/books/ or Amazon.com. To find out more about this type of therapy or if you are looking for an Imago therapist in your town, go to ImagoRelationships.org.