Christian Pankhurst accompanying a couple during a live Heart iQ relationship process

Heart iQ for couples and relationships

A place to meet each other for real.

Heart iQ gives couples and people in relationship somewhere to bring what is actually happening between them. You learn to notice where contact is lost and speak from what is present, so the next meeting begins from somewhere more honest.

The relationship is in the room

Circle Work moves through more than one dimension.

A Heart iQ Circle is a living practice. The group is skilfully facilitated and trauma-aware, with enough structure for people to stay in choice while meeting what is present in the body and between one another.

For couples, that wider field matters. The relationship no longer has to carry everything by itself. Each person can be witnessed, and the two of you can meet what is happening together without needing to solve it behind closed doors.

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Personal transformation

You notice sensations and protective patterns, including the parts of your history that are active now. The group can support deep embodied healing and personal change without pushing you beyond your own choice.

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Community practice

People reveal their present-moment inner life: a theme they cannot shake, an attraction or aversion, a dream, or something bubbling up that wants to be felt and heard. The circle helps the group live more cohesively with what is real.

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Relational training

Couples practise staying present when a familiar pattern begins. You learn to tell the truth without attacking or disappearing, and listen beneath the words so the next honest step towards repair can emerge.

Couples and participants moving together inside a Heart iQ circle

The wider field

Your private pattern can become visible in good company.

The group listens and reflects alongside you. What appears between two people can be met by a wider circle, giving both partners more room to stay curious and less pressure to get the moment right.

Your relationship journey

Choose the depth that fits now.

Begin privately, practise online from home, enter a live room or stay with the work for 90 days. Each doorway has a different pace and level of participation.

Insights to Intimacy by Christian Pankhurst

Read and practise at your own pace

Insights to Intimacy

Christian's No. 1 Amazon bestselling book explores why relationship patterns repeat and how heart-intelligent relating can be practised. Every purchase includes the companion video course, so you can read alone or move through the material alongside your partner.

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Two people meeting one another during Love, Relationships and You

Three days · In person

Love, Relationships & You

A live three-day training where singles and couples build a shared language for intimacy, practise staying present in conflict and meet what is happening in a facilitated group field.

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Heart iQ Mastery Couples Edition, Back to Each Other

Begins 1 March 2027 · 90 days

Heart iQ Mastery Couples Edition

Stay with the practice through daily guidance and live gatherings, with the Love, Relationships & You training integrated into the journey. One enrolment covers both partners, so the two of you can build a shared language across the full 90 days.

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Two people listening to each other during a Heart iQ relationship practice

Three full training days in person

Love, Relationships & You

Come as a couple or come on your own. Christian teaches live, demonstrates the practices and guides work in pairs, small groups and the wider room. For couples, it is a chance to build a shared language while the relationship itself is welcome in the training.

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A separate professional doorway

Do you work with couples?

Relationship Mastery Facilitator Immersion

This is a ten-day professional immersion for coaches, therapists, counsellors and facilitators learning to work with intimacy, conflict repair and couples in a group field. It is held by application and includes the opening Love, Relationships & You training.

This is not the route for a couple mainly wanting support with their own relationship. Love, Relationships & You is the participant doorway for that.

Feb 8 to 18, 2027 · New Eden, Netherlands · By application

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Two Heart iQ participants sharing a warm embrace

Choice stays with you

Choose a room that matches what you need.

Heart iQ is experiential education and group practice. It does not replace therapy or crisis care. Every live practice is invitational, and the published ethics and safeguarding standards apply across the work.

Unsure which doorway fits? Ask the Heart iQ team.