Welcome, Sunny Romantic.
About the Sunny Romantic Relationship Archetype
You have a passion for life and a zest for experiencing the world that others admire.
Those who know you value your talent for being present in the moment. While others might be focused on their personal troubles or the larger concerns of the world, you’re able to find the beauty shining in the world right now.
You value looking on the bright side of life. Your spontaneity and joie de vivre are infectious and inspiring, which is why your loved ones often look to you when they’re in need of an uplift.
In intimate relationships, you’re a devoted and loyal partner. You have a deep capacity for love and you enjoy nothing more than being able to share your enthusiasm with a loving partner.
It’s not that you haven’t seen your share of troubles in life. In fact, your positive attitude is a token of your resilience.
In reality, you’ve intentionally cultivated your ability to feel good even when things are tough in response to challenges you’ve faced.
Life is unpredictable: you’ve learned (the hard way!) to enjoy what you have while it lasts. With your finely-honed appreciation for the finer things in life, it might sometimes seem confusing why those around you focus so much on what’s going wrong instead of focusing more on appreciating all the good.
As a Sunny Romantic, when things are going well in your relationships, you bring a cheerfulness and lightheartedness to even the most mundane of daily activities.
When the storms of conflict arrive, which they inevitably do in any long-term relationship, you make an effort not to dwell on disagreements. Instead, you try to treat them like storm clouds, temporary and passing.
You’re very aware that life is too short to focus on the negative, especially when there are so many opportunities for adventure and enjoyment waiting for you.
Hold tight to your sunny optimism and positive outlook on life. Now it’s time to also start making more space to explore your inner world.
Check your inbox for our welcome email, which has a link to download your guide to the Sunny Romantic. We’ll share what we’ve learned about the unique gifts and challenges that come with being a Sunny Romantic. We’ll light a path that reveals the next steps along your journey of creating deeply meaningful, satisfying relationships.
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about us
We help those with painful childhood experiences to heal your relationship with yourself, deeply connect with others, and learn the skills for having fulfilling relationships.
We’re the creators of the Five Relationship Archetypes. We’re also the hosts of the Alchemy of Connection podcast and the creators of the Relationship Yes! Test.
We founded the Institute for Trauma Informed Relationships to provide certification and consultation to therapists and coaches in Trauma Informed Relationship Counseling for Individuals and Couples.
Angela Amias, LCSW
Fulfilling relationships are an essential part of living a good life and yet, many of us (perhaps even most of us) have core wounds from childhood experiences that affect our ability to have the kinds of intimate relationships in adulthood that we long to have. As a licensed therapist, I’ve worked with hundreds of individuals and couples to help them heal past trauma and create more meaningful, satisfying relationships with themselves and with intimate partners.
Alongside Daniel, I developed the Five Relationship Archetypes as a model that reflects the different ways that childhood relationship trauma impacts our adult relationships. This model takes into account our unique and inborn temperaments as well as the kinds of messages we internalize during childhood—about ourselves and how we need to be in order to have relationships with others. And, more importantly, it lays out a path toward healing, by first helping you reconnect with the parts of yourself that you lost along the way … parts that weren’t accepted or safe to express when you were growing up.
It’s my belief that difficult experiences break us open to become more of who we are meant to be. As a trauma survivor myself, and as a therapist, I’ve made it my mission to walk alongside others as you find your path toward healing and discovering a life of more meaning and joy.
I’ve been a featured relationship expert in many publications, including Today, Oprah, Cosmopolitan, Well + Good, The Independent, Salon, Inc., Forbes, Toronto Sun, Women’s Health, Refinery29, and many others.
You can read my full bio HERE.
Daniel Boscaljon, PHD
The most important relationship you’ll ever have is the one you have with yourself. It’s also true that your connections with others can never be better than your relationship with yourself, which is why healing painful or traumatic experiences from childhood is such a vital part of having meaningful, satisfying relationships in adulthood.
My own personal search for how to cultivate a meaningful life came after years of feeling disconnected from others and from myself. Though I entered graduate school focused on the intellectual aspects of earning a PhD in Religious Studies (and then another one in English), I discovered along the way how to use what I learned to repair the inner fractures of my own life. As I reconnected with myself, I found that I was better able to connect with others as well.
As an award-winning teacher with over twenty year of experience working with individuals and couples, my mission is to translate theories of love into practical guidance that helps you create meaningful, fulfilling relationships. I’ve presented internationally on the topics of love and intimacy.
As a relationship expert, I’ve been featured in many publications, including NBC News, Newsweek, Harper’s Bazaar, MindBodyGreen, Forbes, Salon, Fast Company, Business Insider, Fatherly, and AskMen.
