The 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman wrote this book over 20 years ago but the concepts still make a lot of sense. He likened the way we receive and give love to languages. For example, if I was speaking English but my primary language was French, Italian, German, or Spanish it would make it harder […]
Holiday Relationship Tip 8
Anything Negative by Appointment Only Think about the negative from your old brain point of view. If I don’t know when the attack is coming or where the arrow is coming from, for sure I will have my armour on. It is hard to be intimate when you are both clanking around the same house […]
Holiday Relationship Tip 7
Have Fun and Celebrate I’m limiting fun here to actions that are high energy, physical, and end up in a belly laugh. My experience is that we tend to do this more with our kids, but not so much with our partners. It is easier to play fight, wrestle, have water balloon fights, or tickle […]
Holiday Relationship Tip 6
Amplify the Positives On Day 1, I introduced the first holiday relationship tip in this series, the importance of safety in any committed relationship. One way to increase safety is to increase pleasure. Now you would think that is a fairly obvious equation, safety equals pleasure, but there is a part of our culture that […]
Holiday Relationship Tip 5
The Reconnecting Process The challenge yesterday was to see whether your relationship received a frowny face or a smiley face for the day. The next step is to then use a Reconnecting Process. My goal is to have you eliminate all negativity from the Space Between as soon as you can. I encourage couples to […]
Holiday Relationship Tip 4
The 12 days of Christmas Relationship Tips 4. A Calendar Yesterday’s tip was zero negativity in the Space Between – it is holy ground, sacred space. And then I went on to say – check with your partner at the end of the day – did either of you experience negativity? Here is another challenge […]
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