Relationship

The interview has four parts: Goals Symbols Roles Rituals It involves the exploration of common ground between the partners as well as differences between them. Goals What are your life goals and your meanings? What are your hopes and aspirations, as individuals and together, for…

This exercise is designed to help partners negotiate their ideas about roles in the relationship. There is no right or wrong solution. The important thing is the perception of fairness. The issue is respect and being a team. This is a revealed difference exercise, in…

Kindness is an essential aspect of well being and relationships, encouraging gratitude (which builds commitment) and working against contempt (which is the attribute most correlated to separation). Instructions Have any thoughts, questions, suggestions, or comments on this article? Wondering how to this can be applied,…

The following questions are about your relationship styles and meta-emotions. Read them and try to answer honestly. Conflict-Avoider Style: Generally prefers little disagreement. If there is an issue, prefers to discuss the issue completely, but not try to influence partner or persuade partner or to…

Every relationship has disagreements. It’s how we handle those disagreements that counts. A bad argument can turn even a little problem into a big one, making it emotionally charged and painful. This is where fair fighting rules come in. Fair fighting rules don’t tell us…

This is a decision-making exercise that provides an opportunity for partners to work on accepting influence and to find out how they work together as a team. The purpose of this exercise is for the partners to evaluate their ability to include their partner(s), to…