Unity does NOT equal Uniformity - 5 steps that lead toward understanding {re-post}

Unity does NOT equal Uniformity - 5 steps that lead toward understanding {re-post}

With the recent uprising of political unrest, radical racial reckoning, and pandemic-related divisions, this post has gotten significant responses. Please note that the original post was intended to help support healthy relationships. My hope is that it can be helpful in your conversations as well. May we seek to understand each other better with value and respect.

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At Home Couple's Therapy: Learn about each of your "intimacy fingerprints"

At Home Couple's Therapy: Learn about each of your "intimacy fingerprints"

Intimacy and fingerprints are very much alike: no two are identical.

Identifying and adapting to these differences help relationships grow as partners learn about the intimacy “fingerprint” of the other.

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The Danger of Saying, “I Understand” - 5 steps that lead toward understanding

The Danger of Saying, “I Understand” - 5 steps that lead toward understanding

Managing conflict is not about finding ways to agree with each other but rather reaching an understanding together. This is MUCH MORE than saying, “I understand.” Because those two words hold the most ambiguous meaning.

These 5 steps can help us see understanding as something we’re working toward and not a full on destination that stops abruptly.

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