In this category, you’ll find individual episodes of my new series on partnership and intimate relationships:
Among other topics, this series explores the myth of marriage as the pinnacle of happiness, the question of what comes next, unconscious compensation patterns, silent withdrawal, and various dynamics and influences that almost every couple faces over the course of their relationship.
The episodes are listed chronologically: the most recent episode is at the top, and the first episode is at the bottom.
The behaviors of women and men described in this post by no means represent every single woman or every single man. From my perspective, these are archetypal role patterns that are deeply anchored in the collective subconscious—patterns we unconsciously bring into our relationships and in whose shadow we live. My intention is not to pit the genders against each other or to perpetuate any stereotypes. Rather, today I invite you to decipher the still-hidden mechanisms that sometimes make us act as if we were being controlled remotely—so that we can learn to understand which conscious and subconscious dynamics are truly at work in partnerships (including same-sex ones).
From the Savior Myth to Lived Autonomy: For centuries, women unconsciously demanded proof of love while men went off to battle to secure spoils. But this pact no longer works. In Part 2 of the series “Decoding the Matrix of Intimate Relationships,” we examine the deep anger stemming from spurned devotion, the healing crisis of meaning experienced by men—and how we can finally redeem the old projection…
Angry Snow White Awakens read more »
Why do so many relationships fail because of the invisible wall of everyday life? In Part 1 of the series “Decoding the Relationship Matrix,” Kristina Hazler analyzes the four phases of alienation—from the romantic illusion of a dream wedding, through unconscious compensation patterns, to emotional withdrawal in front of the screen. A depth psychological and bioenergetic look at the unconscious role patterns that separate men and women from one another.
4 Phases of Alienation in Intimate Relationships read more »
