family health, healing and resilience
Here is a template to assess the health and wellness of your family dynamic. Contemplating the various sections and making any necessary adjustments in the ways that you interact as a family will significantly benefit the family unit.
I. Identifying and Alleviating Dysfunction
Problem Solving with Solution Oriented Strategies
Talking vs. Yelling
Understanding vs. Judging
Incorporating Love in all Conversations and Communication Style
Commitment to Heal vs. Needing to be Right
II. Five Love Languages
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
III. Hard Rules vs. Soft Rules
Absolute Concrete Requirements and Minor Preferences
Knowing Yourself and Your Family Members…Meeting Half Way for the Love’s Sake
IV. The Power of Recognition
The action or process of recognizing or being recognized in particular
Acknowledgment of something’s existence, validity or legality
Appreciation, gratitude, acclaim, thanks, congratulations, commendation, credit or acknowledgement for an achievement, service, or ability.
V. Remembering that Tomorrow is Not Promised, Ponder These Questions:
What are the ways I can show my family members that they matter to me?
What have I done for a family member in the last 7 days, 14 days or 30 days that was completely selfless and all about them (not about meeting my needs)?
Do I recognize when my family members need me emotionally…or am I self-absorbed in my own agenda, problems, stress and life?
If I do recognize when my family members need me emotionally, how do I respond to their needs?
If my loved ones were to pass away unexpectedly, will I be able to live with myself?
Have I said everything that needed to be said?
Have I gone out of my way to show them that they matter to me?
Have I been the best version of myself to help them be the best version of themselves?
