From Demands to Dreams: Inviting Connection in Your Relationship
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3 Magic words to awaken the dream in your relationship.
Does it matter how you talk to your sweetheart? Have you ever felt nagged? Or maybe you did the nagging and wished you could take your words back?
Today we explore questions that damn your relationship from the get go vs questions that awaken the dream for your relationship.
- We’ll discuss the difference between an agenda and an invitation
- You’ll see how to change an agenda into an invitation by simply changing the question you ask
- And in our date night discussion section, you and your sweetheart can laugh as you change oppressive agendas into an invitation you can’t resist
Habit for Your Happily Ever After
Change "Why" to What, How, or When to awaken the dream for your relationship.
Use 3 steps to make the change:
- Notice the damn.
- Notice your feelings.
- Change "Why" to What, How, or When
Date Night Discussion
Practice by laughing with your partner as you change these questions to reflect your dream for your relationship:
- Why don’t you ever ask me to help you with cooking?
- Why are you always going out with your friends instead of me?
- Why is it that you get your glass all the way from the back bedroom to the countertop right next to the dishwasher but you can’t put it into the dishwasher?
- Why can’t you manage to empty the trash?
- Why don’t you ever initiate sex?
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