On The Same Page

 “OnTheSamePage”™/©

VISION: Enhancing and balancing individuality, interdependence, and intimacy needs of human beings, which will promote positive, equitable, and supportive relating that will improve the quality of relationships worldwide.

MISSION: We will provide the people, services, materials, and goods that provide the substance and means to fulfill our vision.

MEANING AND RATIONALE: Relationships that survive, at any level, (from the one we have within our self, to the simplest dyad, to the largest multinational global corporation and even geopolitical governments), are the ones that enhance and foster a balance of individuality, interdependence, and intimacy.

Individuality is recognizing and supporting the quest for giving and receiving meaning in relationships. Relationships succeed when similarities are strengthened and the differences are acknowledged and accepted.  Relationships that succeed build up the 80% of the commonalities we share and do not recognize and make positive use of the 20% differences that make us each unique.

Interdependency is the goal of parenting, community, and society, and perpetuates an optimal balance between independence and dependence.  Raising children and educating adults to be interdependent encourages this balance in every arena in life.

Intimacy is the primary human need required to enjoy the relationships we have with God, within our self, and with others.  Intimacy includes a structured balance between order and rules, and flexibility and permissiveness.  Other requisites of intimacy are achieved by pursuing four components:  spending time and relating, self-disclosure, compliment/complement, and enjoying the ultimate mystery of relationships in an atmosphere of humor and fun (thus functional).

“OnTheSamePage”™/© will offer a vast array of services, materials, and goods to individuals, settings and environments of many kinds, in order to increase the efficiency and enjoyment of human relationships as originally designed by our Creator.

 “OnTheSamePage”™/©

VISION: Enhancing and balancing individuality, interdependency, and intimacy needs of human beings to the extent that far less destruction and intimidation will be evidenced and will improve the quality of relationships worldwide.

MISSON: We will provide the people, services, materials, and goods that provide the substance and means to fulfill our vision.

MEANING AND RATIONALE: In every relationship from the one we have within our self to the simplest dyad to the largest multinational global corporation and geopolitical governments, relationships that survive are the one that enhance and foster the balance of individuality, interdependency, and intimacy.

Individuality is to recognize and support the quest for giving and receiving meaning in the relationship. Relationships succeed when the similarities are strengthened and the differences are accepted and not magnified nor ignored. Relationships that succeed build up the 80% of the commonalities we share and do not suppress nor magnify the 20% differences that make us each individual. Individuality is a balance between the extremes of conformity and antisocial attitudes and behaviors.

Interdependency is the goal of parenting, community, and socially to the exclusion of dysfunctional styles of relating such as dependency, codependency, and independency. Children are to be raised to be interdependent no independent as we hear so many say. Interdependency is the balance between dependency/ codependency and independency.

Intimacy is the primary need we have to enjoy the relationships we have with God, within our self, and with others. Intimacy is a structured balance between the extremes of rigidity/shame/control and chaos/anarchy/permissiveness. Both extremes are intimidation which is the opposite of intimacy. The four types of intimidation are passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and by default. Intimacy is relationally achieved in the quest for four components, spending time and relating, self-disclosure, compliment and complement, and enjoying the ultimate mystery of relationships in an atmosphere of humor and fun (thus, functional).

“OnTheSamePage”™/© will be a vast array of services, materials, and goods to settings and environments from small to large to increase the efficiency and enjoyment of human relationships.

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TESTIMONIALS

I began working through “On the Same Page” with my best friend at a critical time in both of our lives.  The study took me to a new level in awareness about my life and my thought patterns.  It was encouraging to know that someone was working right beside me, reading on the same page in the book, and would be speaking to me daily about all we were learning together. 

There were some pages that were harder than others to get through, but with the accountability of my best friend, those seemed to be the pages that helped me the most.

I know this study has benefited me in my life tremendously.  In working through “On the Same Page” I have observed three distinct things.  (1) I have a closer bond with my friend, (2) I have a closer walk with my God, and (3) I have learned to take a closer look inside myself.  I recommend this study to anyone desiring breakthrough in his or her life.

J.R.

I first became acquainted with Mr. Sarno both professionally and socially approximately 2.5 years ago. Mr. Sarno's breadth of experience includes individual counseling, seminar presentations and instruction at the collegiate level.  I have personally witnessed and benefited from his professionalism and ability to communicate with individuals of various personalities and competencies. 

Mr. Sarno is very compassionate, caring and authentic.  This allows him to quickly develop a rapport with those individuals requiring his professional input.  I can attest to his integrity, ethical standards followed and place a high emphasis on his opinions due to his academic background, professional aptitude, personal experiences and his walk of faith.  The previously mentioned interpersonal skills along with his around-the-clock availability and dedication to his patients are a living testimony of his Christian love and character.

I have grown spiritually and my marriage has been blessed as a result of interactions with Mr. Sarno.  Others would greatly benefit if given the opportunity to sit under his teachings or utilize tools he has developed to advance individuals in their Christian walk.

E. N.

Anyway, I liked the book because it included information about the Bible, and it also teaches you how to love one another.  So, it was like a Bible study, plus a book about love, and being together. I liked how I could take a page, and read it, and so could he. So, we were on the "same page" all day together!! I learned a lot by just reading the intro.

M. L.

I think "The Same Page" material does just what the title suggests it does-- it helps get you & your partner get on the same page & requires communication about intimate thoughts and issues.  In addition, the material is focused on the importance of an intimate relationship with God, and I feel that it helped me a great deal in that relationship as well.   The assignments made me laugh and made me cry-- but more importantly they caused (allowed) my husband & I to laugh & cry together about issues neither of us realized were so important or hurtful to the other. 

R. M. 

My best friend and I were both single at the time we used the "On the Same Page" materials/workbook. I was separated from my husband of 9 years and she was divorced from her husband. By using this material it took me from the simple things in life to the most intimate. I was able to learn how to trust completely another person again. Also, it showed me that I was loveable. That was very important to me. We had to be committed to one another and so very vulnerable. As I reflect back on that time I recall such a "cleansing". It brought us even closer together and I thought that was impossible. We are now even more than best friends we are accountability partners. I have to tell you that God is very good!!!! Since this my marriage has been restored and my best friend has remarried her ex-husband. God is in the restoration business. I do believe that it does have some to do with lessons that we both learned through "On the Same Page" materials/workbook.

L. M.

The study (“On the Same Page”) was a blessing and a great help in reestablishing my relationship with my wife.

R. B. M.