Each topic faces a balancing act. A relationship can be off balance in either direction. There are two extreme, unhealthy ways of handling each topic, and then there is a healthy middle: The Third Option.

This workshop defines respect as the cornerstone of a healthy relationship. Respect means how we treat each other. Participants learn that they can be off-balance in either direction: not respecting others enough, or not respecting themselves enough. Respect is foundational.

Gottman’s “Four Horsemen of the Marital Apocalypse”