Posted: October 11, 2022
A core part of accepting and embracing each other is uncovering and understanding the meaning of each person’s position in conflict, finding out what things mean to each person. Anything worth fighting about has a meaning or value underneath. Sometimes, conflicts are calls to be…
Posted: October 11, 2022
Choosing One Gridlocked Issue and One Solvable Issue Remember: All couples have perpetual problems. The BIG, HEAVY ISSUES in their relationship that keep causing them a lot of pain and hurt are very likely to be GRIDLOCKED PERPETUAL ISSUES. When couples are gridlocked on…
Posted: October 11, 2022
Changing Emotional Responses Emotions are powerful survival skills so ingrained in the brain they are unavoidable. When something happens or is noticed, the brain starts creating the chemicals in ~40 to 100 milliseconds and starts thinking about the thing in ~250 to 500 milliseconds.…
Posted: October 11, 2022
Build Shared Meaning This intervention can be used several times because there are many questions to reflect upon. Instructions Begin by each getting a personal notebook. Review the questions and tasks listed in the four sections of this exercise: family rituals, roles,…
Posted: October 10, 2022
Body Scanning Meditation For an audio version, visit MIndful.org Instructions It is recommended you allow about 30 or 40 minutes to let yourself really investigate this practice. But if you don’t have that much time, utilize whatever time you have. You might want…
Posted: October 10, 2022
Best Character Strengths There are 24 universal character strengths found across cultures and time. You can find out more about each of them here… which ones are the “best” though if we want to grow toward wellbeing? Insights The 24 Character Strengths:…