LOVE MAPS 🗺️ Building Resilient Loving Connections
APR 25, 20245 MIN
LOVE MAPS 🗺️ Building Resilient Loving Connections
APR 25, 20245 MIN
Description
Today, let's explore the landscape of our loved ones' inner worlds.
Check out today's full session 👉 https://intentioninspired.com/the-attune-framework-connect-deeper-understand-better/
Understanding their fears, hopes, and joys is foundational in nurturing deep, loving relationships. We'll build robust "Love Maps" to strengthen our bonds.
Key Takeaways:
🗺 Map the heart
🧭 Navigate together
❤️ Connect deeper
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💡 INSPIRED PRACTICE
"Love Maps" is from Dr. John Gottman's Seven Principles for Making Long-term Relationships Work. Enhance yours with these practices:
- Question Game: Dive deep with questions like “What has been on your mind lately?”
- Update Often: Regularly check in on each other’s thoughts and feelings.
- Favorites Folder: Keep note of their current favorites—song, stress-reliever, Saturday activity.
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💬 QUOTE
"Knowing one another well is the foundation on which a loving relationship is built." – John Gottman
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🧬 STUDIES SHOW
Regular updates to "Love Maps" foster stronger, more resilient relationships. Commit to learning one new thing about your loved ones each week.
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📿 TRAIL MANTRA
Embrace Understanding
This mantra encourages active participation in truly knowing our loved ones, striving to see beyond the surface and appreciate their unique emotional landscapes.
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🧘 MINDFUL MOMENT
Reflect on your knowledge of your loved ones and identify areas needing more exploration. Set an intention to discover these aspects lovingly and attentively.
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✍🏼 JOURNAL PROMPTS
Explore your curiosity about your loved one’s world and how they have changed over the last year.
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🎨 CREATIVE EXERCISE
Draw Your Maps: Visualize your loved one's world—fears, joys, stressors, dreams.
Share and Reflect: Discuss your drawings and discover new insights.
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🌚 SHADOW WORK
Reflect on inaccurate assumptions about your loved ones and how these can be corrected.
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🔥 RELEASE
Let go of outdated perceptions and embrace their current realities and growth.
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🦁 COURAGEOUS ACTION
Ask a deep, probing question you’ve hesitated to ask before, with gentleness and openness.
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🙏 GRATITUDE
Appreciate the efforts in staying connected and informed about each other.
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📣 AFFIRMATION
"I am committed to truly knowing and loving my loved ones every day."
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🙏 PRAYER
Bless us with the curiosity and compassion needed to continuously discover each other and strengthen our bond.
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🙌 KUDOS
Great job on taking steps to deepen your connections! Keep building those Love Maps and nurturing your relationships’ foundations.
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💞 SHARE THE INSPO
Pass this session on to someone who could benefit from strengthening their relationship foundations!
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💬 COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
Share recent discoveries about your loved ones that intrigued you or brought you closer in the comments!