When Depression is in Your Bed℠
When Depression is in Your Bed℠
Trish Sanders, LCSW
#58 Communication for Connection Part 3: A Real-Life Imago Dialogue
45 minutes Posted Mar 4, 2026 at 5:00 am.
Why We Changed Today’s Topic
Setting Up The Imago Dialogue
Trish Names The Trigger
Old Stories About Dependence
The Snow Day Context
Pain Of Feeling Deprioritized
Guardedness And Longing For Connection
Ben Mirrors And Validates
Appreciation And A Reset
Ben’s Share: Exhaustion And Escalation
The Gut Punch Of “Not Prioritizing”
Why Space Was Necessary
Parallels: Aloneness And Value
Post-Dialogue Reflection
Ventral Narrator And Repair
Sensitive Spots And Circumstance
Takeaways And Ongoing Practice
Invitation And Closing
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What if the conflict isn’t the problem — but the speed, the stories, and the nervous system state you’re in while you’re trying to communicate? In this episode, my husband Ben joins me for our first ever real-time, recorded demonstration of the Imago Intentional Dialogue. After the last two episodes introduced the structure of the Dialogue, this one lets you hear what it actually sounds like when two partners use the process in a real moment of rupture — with real feelings, real nervous syste...