Helen LaKelly Hunt (born February 1949) is an American activist and writer. The daughter of
H. L. Hunt
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. (February 17, 1889 – November 29, 1974) was an American oil tycoon. By trading poker winnings for oil rights according to legend, but more likely through money he gained from successful speculation in oil leases, he ...
, she grew up in Dallas, Texas. She holds earned and honorary degrees from Union Theological Seminary (NY) and Southern Methodist University.
Life and career
She is founder and president of The Sister Fund.
Hunt lives in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
, with her husband,
Harville Hendrix
Harville Hendrix (born 1935) is an American writer.
Hendrix is best known for the book ''Getting the Love You Want'', which gained in popularity during Hendrix's 17 appearances on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''.
He is a member of the American Asso ...
.
Helen LaKelly Hunt along with her husband developed
Imago Relationship Therapy Imago Relationship Therapy (IRT) is a form of therapy that focuses on relationship counseling.
IRT was developed by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt. The word imago is Latin for "image"; in this sense, it is referring to the "unconscious i ...
. Together they have three children,
Hunter Hunt-Hendrix
Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix (born January 25, 1985) is an American musician and composer. She is best known for her work as creator, lead singer, and guitarist of black metal band Liturgy.
Personal life
Hunt-Hendrix was born in 1985 in New York ...
, the vocalist of the American
black metal
Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with t ...
band
Liturgy
Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...
,
Leah Hunt-Hendrix, an
Occupy movement
The Occupy movement was an international populist socio-political movement that expressed opposition to social and economic inequality and to the perceived lack of "real democracy" around the world. It aimed primarily to advance social and econo ...
activist, and
Kimberly June Miller, co-author of the book ''Boundaries for Your Soul''.
She is a member of the Hunt oil/football family. Her brother
Lamar founded the
American Football League
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. ...
and the
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
The tea ...
. Her nephew
Clark
Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin with historical links to England, Scotland, and Ireland ''clericus'' meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educate ...
, Lamar's son, became co-owner and chairman of the board for the Chiefs after Lamar's death.
Bibliography
Hunt has written several books on feminism, including ''Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance'' and ''And The Spirit Moved Them: The Lost Radical History of America's First Feminists.''
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She was also a contributor to the book ''Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female.''
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Hunt has co-authored multiple books with her husband, including:
* ''Hendrix, Harville; LaKelly Hunt, Helen (1988). Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. St. Martin's Griffin. .''
* ''Hendrix, Harville; LaKelly Hunt, Helen (1993). Keeping the Love You Find. Atria. .''
* ''Hendrix, Harville; LaKelly Hunt, Helen (1997). Giving the Love That Heals. Atria. .''
* ''Hendrix, Harville; LaKelly Hunt, Helen (2004). Receiving Love. Atria. .''
* ''Hendrix, Harville; LaKelly Hunt, Helen (2013). Making Marriage Simple: Ten Relationship-Saving Truths. Harmony Books. .''
* ''Hendrix, Harville; LaKelly Hunt, Helen (2017). The Space Between: The Point of Connection. Franklin, TN: Clovercroft Publishing. .''
References
External links
Helen's official websiteBiography– at The Sister Fund's website
– at Imago A new Way to Love website
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1949 births
Hunt family
Living people
Relationship education
Hockaday School alumni
Southern Methodist University alumni
Activists from Texas
Philanthropists from Texas
People from Texas
American feminists
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
American self-help writers
American relationships and sexuality writers