Your Guide to Healthier Relationships

In this week's edition of Practitioner's Digest, we discuss?the value of personal interactions for strengthening relationships.

1. 1. Food for Thought Now?we spend so much of our lives online, it's easy to rely on social media to nurture and maintain our relationships. But this convenience has a flipside: it lacks the depth and richness that comes from physically spending time together. As technology becomes increasingly pervasive, we mustn't forget the power of shared real-world experiences for strengthening connections, deepening relationships, and creating lasting memories. If there's someone in your life you'd like to be closer to, reach out this week and arrange to meet up. It's the best way to make them feel valued, develop intimacy, and build a lasting bond with them.
2. Inspiring Quote "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou
3. Free Science-based Tool Investing in Valued Relationships.?This short exercise helps people identify which of their relationships they value most and why. It also provides strategies for aligning the amount of time and energy they invest in each relationship based on the value they place upon it. [Link]
4. Book Recommendation Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself — Nedra Glover Tawwab.?Maintaining clear personal boundaries is essential for all healthy relationships. This NYT bestseller by a licensed counselor and relationship expert draws on CBT techniques to explain how to express our needs without feeling guilty, offending others, or undermining our relationships. An accompanying workbook containing practical exercises is also available. [Link]
5. A Question For Your Clients "What would you like to start (or stop) happening in your relationship(s)?".?This open question is a simple, direct way to identify what someone wants—either from a specific relationship or their relationships in general—and where the gap lies between their current and desired situations. Once this gap is identified, you can explore why it exists and how to close it.
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Thanks for reading. I'm curious, how do you build and nurture healthy relationships with your loved ones??

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