THE GIFT OF CONNECTION: Celebrate Your Love By Exploring Your Relationship

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EXPLORE TOGETHER

GROW TOGETHER

CONNECT

As we are approaching Valentine's Day, this is an ideal time to reflect on your relationships. 

Who matters to you?

To whom do you matter? 

What is the relationship you are currently having with yourself? Nurturing? Not so nurturing? Loving? Rejecting? Accepting? Critical?

How are you showing up for yourself and to those who hold a deep and meaningful place in your heart? 

What about your significant other? Your partner in life?

How is this relationship growing? 

How much time is invested in feeding this relationship?

What greater way is there to grow closer than to really get to know the person you are spending your time with and your life with? 


Here are some questions I invite you to reflect upon: 

What is my partner's secret desires?

Who is my partner inspired by?

What does my partner want me to know about our relationship?

What are my partner's 
aspirations?
regrets?
greatest and proudest moments?
not so great moments?
fears?
disappointments?
favorite memories?

What's on my partner's Bucket List?

How many of these questions were you able to accurately answer? How many of these questions would your partner be able to answer about you? I encourage you to be curious about one another!

Knowing oneself and each other enhance connection. Connection is enhanced through trust and communication. The deeper the trust and the conversations, the stronger the bond. 

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

-Carl Jung

Couples who grow emotionally together, stay together and report feeling a higher level of life and relationship satisfaction. In every relationship, there is always room for growth. While communication is important, the consistent expression of both attention and appreciation cannot be overstated. They help solidify the feelings of affection and attachment. 

CONNECT & CAPTURE the MOMENTs

Capture the moments and cherish the memories. This Valentine's Day, deepen your bond and embark on a journey of love and connection with the LIFE IN FOCUS: A Self-Discovery Journal for Powerful Transformation. By sharing your intentions, thoughts, goals, dreams and emotions and by daily connecting with gratitude, you will be creating the energy necessary for closeness and love. 

The LIFE IN FOCUS: A Self-Discovery Journal for Powerful Transformation, a 12-week program to help align you with your goals & highest purpose does not need to be completed alone. 


This journey can be a shared one; one that you and your partner embark on together, with the intention of fully and deeply understanding one another. 


Through depth of understanding and connection, the relationship can fully grow and thrive through the years!



The information presented in this blog is intended for general knowledge and is not a substitute for medical or psychological advice or treatment. As with most things in life, there isn't a magic pill or "cure-all" but there are strategies to help regain control of your life and your relationships.

Let's connect:

FACEBOOK: Marie Therese Rogers

 Atlantic Behavioral Health Professionals

 Life in Focus

 LINKEDIN:  Marie T. Rogers, Ph.D. 

 INSTAGRAM: Mariethereserogers

YOU ARE ALSO INVITED TO LISTEN TO THE LIFE IN FOCUS PODCAST ON APPLE AND OTHER STREAMING DEVICES.


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