Linda Carroll shares her professional and personal insights into the reality of maintaining a lasting, loving relationship. She describes the stages of relationships, each with distinct characteristics and accompanying lessons. There’s an evolution happening within each relationship that forces us to make important decisions about ourselves and the trajectory of our personal growth. Carroll reminds us that love isn’t just about riding happily into the sunset. Most relationships will cycle through changes and challenges. “The trouble isn’t that love goes in cycles, not that there are hard times or long periods of disconnection, the trouble is what we do during those times.” She suggests that practicing the skill of generosity can be one of the most important factors in a lasting relationship. We learn that small but important gestures can make all the difference. Beginning to end, we are each on our own journey. “There are times we need to stand on our own, stand together and stand apart.” (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
Bio
Linda Carroll, M.S. is a licensed therapist and has worked as a couples therapist for more than 30 years. Her work is deep and varied, based on Voice Dialogue, Holotropic Breath Work, and Angeles Arrien’s The Fourfold Way as well as The Diamond Heart Work of A. H. Almaas. She is a certified IMAGO therapist, private coach to couples and families, and leader of workshops and retreats. She works with a limited number of couples in a new style of “concierge therapy” for which she travels to their home or office for 2 to 6 days a year for private, all-day sessions. Linda lives in Corvallis Oregon.
She is the author of:
- Remember Who You Are: Seven Stages on a Woman’s Journey of Spirit (Conari Press 2008)
- Her Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir of the Mother I Never Knew and of My Daughter, Courtney Love (Doubleday 2006)
- Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love (New World Library 2014)
To learn more about the work of Linda Carroll go to www.lindaacarroll.com.
Topics explored in this dialogue include:
- What are the two kinds of long term marriages
- What is the difference between longevity and long-term love
- How do you practice generosity
- What is differentiation
- What are the five stages of relationships
- Why do marriages fail or succeed
- What are the different kinds of betrayal
- How do we keep our own tank full
- How to handle the aging process
Host: Justine Willis Toms Interview Date: 12/1/2014 Program Number: 3526