Congratulations on completing The Foundation Workshop! Now, keep building!
The following exercises invite you to fortify The Foundation that you are building for your marriage. Click on the title to be taken to the worksheet for each exercise (Worksheets are in pdf format).
EXERCISE 1: Remember the Romance
- On the page: “The Romance” – Take time to journal your experience from the period when you were first falling love.
- Take time to share OR dialogue your journal with one another.
EXERCISE 2: Explore Your Reactivity in the Power Struggle
- On the page: “Understanding My Reactivity” – Dialogue with your partner to explore your reactivity. You may want to reflect and journal your responses prior to dialoguing.
EXERCISE 3: Create the “GPS to My Heart” to Deepen Caring Behaviors
- On the page: “The GPS to My Heart” – Complete the worksheet.
- Use “The 5 Love Languages” worksheet to identify your and your partner’s love languages. You can also go to www.5lovelanguages.com and complete the free quiz there.
- Use the “Caring Behavior Dialogue” page to guide you through sharing them with one another, picking one to explore more deeply.
- Give the completed “GPS to My Heart” worksheet to your partner (after all, they’re the ones you want to find it!)
EXERCISE 4: Living Your Vision IRL (in real life)
- On the page: “Living Your Vision IRL,” each of you will select one Vision statement that you would like to work on over the next month.
- Identify SMART action steps for each statement.
S – Specific – Identify the concrete behavior
M – Measurable – How many times will it be done? How often?
A – Achievable – Make it within your grasp
R – Relevant – Make sure the behavior connects to the vision statement
T – Time Sensitive – What is the target date to fulfill the behavior? For how long will it occur?
- Have a Dialogue to explore what fulfilling the Vision statement you chose would mean to you.
Continue Building!