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A private reflection for two people building a life together

Your relationship is always giving you information.

The Same Team Assessment helps you notice what is working, where your experiences differ, and which conversation may help you grow together.

✓ Private responses✓ Inclusive language✓ No partner required
7dimensions
Belonging
Repair
Direction
Aliveness
Understanding
Equity
Adaptability
Two people. Two perspectives.
One relationship.

Why this matters

When one person changes, the relationship changes too.

A new job, a dream, caregiving, money, health, family, or a change in who you are can ask the relationship to become something new. This map helps you notice what the relationship is already showing you—and meet that change with more curiosity.

How it works

Private reflections.
One shared map.

  1. 01

    Choose your way in

    Start the shared path and invite your partner when you are ready, or begin solo.

  2. 02

    Reflect honestly

    Rate 30 clear statements across seven dimensions. Your raw answers stay private.

  3. 03

    See the relationship together

    Get a useful solo next step or compare two real perspectives in one shared map.

Seven parts of your relationship

Seven parts of the life you’re building together.

01

Shared Direction

How well you understand and support the future you are building together—while making room for both people’s goals.

02

Felt Understanding

Whether each person feels heard, known, and emotionally understood—not merely advised or problem-solved.

03

Conflict & Repair

How you handle disagreements, pause harmful cycles, take responsibility, and reconnect afterward.

04

Power, Labor & Equity

How fairly decisions, responsibilities, sacrifices, time, money, and invisible work are handled.

05

Identity & Belonging

Whether both people can be fully themselves, keep their differences, and still feel accepted in the relationship.

06

Desire & Aliveness

The presence of affection, play, curiosity, enjoyment, and enough individuality to keep the relationship feeling alive.

07

Pressure & Adaptability

How well the relationship responds when work, health, caregiving, family responsibilities, or other circumstances change.

The Seven Dimensions · 1-hour live workshop

Request information about upcoming workshops.

Phillip introduces the seven dimensions, explains how they work together, and helps you identify one useful place to begin. Attend individually or with a partner. No public disclosure is required.

  • Understand the theory behind your relationship map
  • Learn how strengths, strains, and differences interact
  • Leave with one practical conversation to try
Your assessment answers and scores are never added to your email record.
Phillip Marcus, relationship coach

About Phillip

Curiosity changes what a relationship can see.

Phillip helps partners become more curious about what is happening between them. He listens for the assumptions, shifts in energy, and repeated moments that can be easy to miss—and helps people understand what their relationship may be asking for next.

Learn about Phillip

Begin with curiosity

Difference is information.
What might your relationship be showing you?