As the season turns and new growth emerges all around us, we’re reflecting on the power of relationships to ground, nourish, and transform our lives. At Relational Life Foundation, we believe that connection is not just personal—it’s essential to our collective well-being.
In this Spring 2025 update, we’re excited to share what’s been blooming in our world: a powerful research update on the impact of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), upcoming opportunities to deepen your relational skills, new episodes of our Facets of Connection podcast, and special discounts on our past Community Conversations. Whether you’re a long-time supporter or just starting your journey with us, we hope you find inspiration, insight, and meaningful tools to support your growth.
Let’s keep growing—together.
Exciting RLT Research Updates – Thanks to you!
Relational Life Foundation is entering a powerful new chapter—and it's all thanks to your support. From three groundbreaking research studies validating the impact of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), to exciting leadership changes (including founder Terry Real stepping in as Board Chair), we’re growing faster and reaching farther than ever before.
You’ll meet our new Director of Research, Dr. Jae Sevelius, and get an inside look at how our signature tools—like the RLT Relationship Grid—are transforming therapy outcomes. Curious how RLT stacks up against other leading modalities? Or how we plan to bring RLT into 50+ academic institutions by 2030?
We’ve got all the updates—and you’re at the heart of it.
Read About Our Research Updates
This exclusive podcast series delves into the heart of human connection, exploring how we learn, love, and collaborate within a dynamic society. We are in full swing with new episodes out every other Friday!
Latest Episodes
tune in to these inspiring, heart-led conversations
Connection Compass: The Center of Health with Dr. Cathy Hill
Beyond the Bottom Line: The Business of Being Human with Matt McCall
Your Voice Matters: Turning Passion into Purpose Through Story with Tracy McCartney
Relational Reckoning: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Terry Real
Listen wherever you get your podcasts
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upcoming opportunities to deepen your relational skills
Learn how self-esteem shapes your interactions, identify your relational patterns, discover practical strategies for setting healthy boundaries, and watch your relationship with yourself and others transform. Become a member to receive lifetime access for 40% off.
Based on Terry Real’s groundbreaking Relational Life Therapy, this workshop offers powerful tools and essential relational skills to create more loving, intimate relationships. Join one of our upcoming workshops, at a sliding scale rate. We’ll work with you to come up with a price you can afford.
Atlanta, Georgia/ June 21-22
Virtual/ June 28-29
Chicago, Illinois/ July 19-20
Annapolis, Maryland/September 20-21
Virtual/ September 20-21
Ashton, Maryland/ October 10-11
"I highly recommend this workshop to anyone interested in a better way of life for themselves and their loved ones. It provides practical tools to live and love more effectively. Well worth the time!"
– Lynette Mancuso, Bootcamp Participant
Beverly Joy Ehrlich & Sima Menora, PsyD are currently facilitating a 4-week program equipping couples and individuals with practical skills to navigate relationship challenges and foster enduring intimacy.
Stay tuned for our next round!
Last month, we hosted a community conversation on how to step into the ‘Wise Adult’ SELF with clarity and compassion. This powerful process integrates Focusing (felt sensing), Parts Theory, and Neuroscience to create deep awareness and lasting change. Participants learned practical techniques to access the Wise Adult SELF, witness and soothe wounded parts, and cultivate a more integrated, resourced state.
Become a member for as low as $5 per month and receive lifetime access to this recording.
Mark Your Calendars!
Upcoming Events to heal your connections
Sustainable Hope: Finding Steadiness Through Relational Care
Sept 17th, 10am PT/ 1pm ET
At a time when many of us feel stretched thin, uncertain, or quietly grieving, this gathering offers a place to land. Join an interactive community experience to cultivate hope that endures—not by denying reality, but by tending to it with care. Through the lens of relational sustainability, we’ll explore three spheres of connection—self, others, and the greater world—with practical tools, shared reflection, and grounded conversation.
Co-hosted by Sarah Melissa Oswald and special guest Toufic Hakim, Executive Director of the Foundation for Self Leadership. Move from overwhelm to steadiness, from isolation to belonging, and from despair to embodied, sustainable hope.
Building Relational Bridges: A Collaborative Initiative to Strengthen Black & Pan-African Couples/Communities
In partnership with Stacee and Yaa’Ron Brown, founders of Relational Growth and Wellness Foundation, we will be hosting culturally responsive couples workshops and Relationship Bootcamps tailored to the unique experiences of the Black and Pan-African diaspora. This joint initiative is rooted in a shared commitment to relational wellness, equitable access, and transformative healing practices. Stay Tuned!
Welcome to our Summer School Series! Enjoy 40% off insightful conversations with relationship experts, all summer long. Use code SUMMER40 at checkout.
June Summer School: No Ordinary Love
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"There is nothing that harshness does that loving kindness
doesn’t do better."
– Terry Real
Thank you for supporting our mission and making all of this all possible.
Please let us know what or who you’d like to see on our podcast! Email [email protected] for your suggestions and requests.
With love,
The Relational Life Foundation Team
