Events

Glue Talks are community conversations and Global Glue film screenings about relationships, pairing the knowledge of the experts with the wisdom of real couples.

Intimacy: Appreciating the Love We Have.

What if we are already fully intimate with ourselves, with our partners, and with life. But our experience of intimacy is intense, complex, never resolvable, and always has qualities which we like and dislike. When we refuse to fully participate in this complexity, we’re left with the feeling that something’s missing. Can we appreciate the whole mess of being human, and include what is most disturbing in our experience of love? We will approach our experience of intimacy as path, paralleling the 3 yanas of Buddhism: personal responsibility as the foundation, extending into unconditional kindness, with an immediate embodied “yes” to everything that arises in our experience of love. All are welcome. 

Glue Talks are inspirational evenings bringing together Global Glue Project films of real couples sharing their hearts and souls; educational talks by relationship experts; and community conversations about sticking together. This talk will include surprise guests testing their knowledge about their partners in a "Not So Newlywed Game."

Dr. Stan Tatkin, author, researcher and clinician is one of today's leading voices in couples therapy. Tatkin is the author of several titles including Wired for Love and founded the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT). Gillian Pierce is co-founder of Global Glue Project.

Cultivate connection, awareness and groundedness with your partner to celebrate Earth Day. In a safe and loving space, we will use these supportive practices to learn how to find a common foundation with your partner and stay grounded while moving through the normal cycles of connection and disconnection with more ease. 

The workshop will include partner yoga, Thai massage, communication exercises and a short film clip from Global Glue Project. 

An eight week dive into relational skills. Go deeper, in community, with three other couples, around some of the most important topics couples face. Supported by Global Glue Project films of other couples sharing their relationship experience and two skilled facilitators, we'll explore the following areas: 

Emotional intimcay, your relationship's principles, working with triggers, balancing, the art of responsible co-regulation, avoiding co-dependency, responding vs. reacting, building security, creating the habit of quick repairs, how to recover from betrayal, physical intimacy. 

Tuesday evenings from 6:30-8.

Glue Groups is our popular six-week relationship workshop series. Each week will feature a different relationship expert that will present tools and a talk on a different topic, along with curated Glue Films (10-15 minutes). Participants love the affordable access to these leading experts and the varying tools and perspectives. 

This group will include workshops by Bruce Tift (Not Losing Yourself in Relationship), Paul Bialek (Emotional Intimacy), Dr. Bob Unger (Contracts and Expectations), Melissa Grace (Conflict Resolution, Getting Out of the Blame Game), Uri Talmor (Security and Repair), and Jenni Skyler (Sex and Desire for the Long-Haul). 

Testimonials:

"Enlightening."

"We learned skills and ideas we could immediately use, as well as ideas that will take awhile to integrate."

"Great content and value each week."

"It got us thinking in ways we never would have."

"It helped bring awareness to parts of myself, my partner, and our relationship that deepened the relationship."

Building Trust: Couples yoga + Thai Massage + Everyday Practices to strengthen your relationship ~ With Yuki Tsuji & Gillian Pierce

Celebrate your union on this Valentine’s Day with a playful and intimate workshop.  Build physical and emotional trust on a deeper level. Discover practices to support each other in a loving and safe space that will help you connect long beyond Valentine’s Day. The workshop will include partner yoga, Thai massage, communication exercises and a short film clip from Global Glue Project.

**This all-levels workshop is for any relationship, regardless of age, gender or how you define your relationship. No previous yoga/Thai massage experience is necessary to enjoy this workshop.

Terry Real, LICSW and best-selling author has been called, "The most innovative voice in thinking about and treating men and their relationships in the world today." Just off of a speaking tour in Japan and a workshop series with Esther Perel, we are incredibly fortunate to have Terry join us for this very special and intimate evening GLUE TALK discussing Fierce Intimacy, not to mention the rare opportunity to spend all day with him in an in-depth workshop environment.

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Join leading relationship experts paired with Global Glue Project's short films of real couples' stories in six intimate live sessions teaching the life-changing skills of deeper connection. 

Six consecutive Tuesday nights starting October 11th from 6:30 to 8:45 with Bruce Tift, Bob Unger, Uri Talmor, Jenni Skyler, Brian Whelen, Guili Zavaschi, and Gillian Pierce.

Sample Topics:
Emotional Intimacy 

Security & Repair

Effective Selfishness & Personal Responsibility

Rituals & Giving without Losing Yourself

Sex & Desire

Contracts, Commitments & Expectations

Join us for this very special Glue Talk with Dr. Stan Tatkin and Bruce Tift.

A Glue Talk is an evening of curated Global Glue Project films, relationship experts, and community conversations about sticking together. 

Tickets available here.

A small weekly gathering of couples committed to a relationship reboot with inspirational short films and in-person therapeutic tools from leading experts. 

Learn the tools to deeper connection in six weeks. Tuesdays beginning March 8th from 6-8:30

EMOTIONAL INTIMACY: Gaining access to your partner's owner's manual and knowing what questions to ask.

SECURITY: The importance of repair. Would you rather be right or happy?

RESPONSIBILITY: Balancing self-care and having each other's back.

RITUALS: The kinds of daily interactions that foster long-lasting intimacy.

SEX: How to take responsibility for your own sex life and desire.

CONTRACTS: Understanding underlying expectations and making healthy commitments. 

Each week will be co-facilitated by Gillian Pierce, co-founder of Global Glue Project, and one of the following relationship experts: Jeff Pincus, Rachel Cahn, Christine Horn, Paul Bialek, Dr. Jenni Skyler, and Diane Israel.  
 

VERY LIMITED SPACE! 

Bruce Tift, MA LMFT is the author of “Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation” and  has been a therapist in private practice for over 35 years, as well as a practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism. He has a special focus on using intimate relationships as a pathway to spiritual awakening. Bruce Tift invites his clients to use the irritations inherent in intimate relationship as an opportunity for presence, personal responsibility, and connection.

This Glue Talk on Freedom in Relationship will explore the idea of working with disturbance in relationship as a pathway to becoming more present and aware, and ultimately freer.

A Glue Talk is a unique community conversation and film screening about relationships, pairing Global Glue Project films with a talk by a relationship expert. Global Glue films share couples' candid stories on sticking together and have an unparalleled ability to open viewers, resulting in thought provoking conversations and reflection. 

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is the author of Wired for Love, Your Brain on Love, and Love and War in Intimate Relationships. Tatkin is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA and developed the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). 

SCHEDULE:

Doors open at 7:30.

Please come early for dinner or to order drinks, or stay afterwards to continue the conversation!

8:00 Film Screening (please arrive on time)

Discussion for an hour following the films, then Q and A 

TICKETS: stantatkingluetalk.eventbrite.com

The Secret of Desire A candid conversation with Esther Perel, psychotherapist, (wildly) popular TED speaker & international bestselling author of Mating in Captivity.

With special guests, Elena Brower and the co-founders of Global Glue Project, a documentary site dedicated to the wisdom of real relationships.

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