World Institute for Education in Personal Relationships

While essential to all persons, this area is largely neglected by established education providers. It is anticipated that the Institute will utilise the next generation of the kind of education delivery technology developed by the likes of Diversity University.

Central Objectives

• to support the development and maintenance of functional personal relationships
• to provide educational resource materials for use in course delivery and on demand
• to offer courses over the Internet to people wanting to improve their relationship skills

Guiding Principles

• Acceptance of responsibility and avoidance of blame
• Being true to yourself and allowing others to do likewise
• No person is any other person's property
• Society and its institutions are built on interpersonal relationships
• Diversity is essential to any capacity for adaptation

Areas for Study

• Relationship Fundamentals
  • Dynamics
    • Win-Win
    • Self Interest
    • Sharing
    • Division of Labour
    • Interdependence
  • Traditional Wisdom
    • Religion
    • Culture
    • Affirmation Rituals
• Public Relationships
  • Working Together
    • Boundaries
    • Loyalty
    • Incentives
    • Supervision
  • Learning Together
    • Common Ground
    • Experimentation
    • Teaching
    • Facilitating
  • Playing Together
    • Rules and Traditions
    • Sportsmanship
    • Participation
    • Coaching
  • Teamwork
    • Goal Sharing
    • Pair Skills
    • Etiquette
  • Planning and Coordination
    • Meetings
    • Role Playing
    • Leadership
• Private Relationships
  • Living Together
    • Coupling
    • Crowding
    • Companion Animals
  • Love and Romance
    • Emotionality
    • Artistic Portrayal
    • Attraction
    • Stepping Back
  • Sexuality
    • Physiological Addictiveness
    • Variability
    • Denial and Acceptance
  • Nurturing
    • Parenting
    • Mentoring
    • Empowering
    • Graduation
  • Compatibility
    • Common Ground
    • Viva la Difference
    • Tolerance
    • Diversity
• Relationship Support
  • Community Support
    • Belonging
    • Friendship
    • Normalisation
  • Care Giving
    • Disability
    • Dysfunctional
    • Terminal
  • Endings
    • Trauma
    • Grieving
    • Release
    • Passage
  • Conflict Resolution
    • Unpacking
    • (Accepting) Mediation
    • Agreeing to Disagree
  • Legal Issues
    • Discrimination
    • Harassment
    • Consent
    • Intervention
    • Restraint
    • Reform