7 Principles for Making Marriage Work Couples Workshop

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Climb Aboard U .S.S. RelationSHIP For An All Exclusive Relational Excursion

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Divorce Options Workshop

Are you considering a divorce...? Here's what you need to know… Register for the Divorce Options Workshop with Dr. Valerie Demming, PhD (Mental Health Professional) and others!

*I am not affiliated with the Alaska Association of Collaborative Professionals, just providing information for the local community.

Marriage Tips to do while “Hunkering in Place”

by Mercy Dennis, LMFT

info@mercydennis.com

First....Plan a Daily schedule so you have work time, exercise time, couple-only together time,family time and personal time..

Read out loud a book together and share your thoughts about it..

Write a poem to your partner and read it to them Find some good dance music and work off some of that energy... Do some of the dances you maybe never had the opportunity to learn.....look up and research on YouTube ....the twist .. jitterbug.. the swim.. the swing..the Charleston..salsa..African...etc. there are so many how-to dance videos available..... try it....! Make up your own dance ..

Dress each other in a crazy costume and video tape each other doing their favorite dance.. Take this opportunity to have a dinner date at home... Get out the candles set the table and get takeout from your favorite restaurant... You might have to put the kiddos to bed first...

Do some couple yoga... zumba ..meditation......again great how-to videos on YouTube

Go for a walk, hike or ski and explore someplace where you’ve not been before...take advantage of the wide open spaces...

Take a drive and check out neighborhoods that are new to you... If there is 6 feet between folks get out and take a walk through the neighborhood Call or FaceTime somebody that you haven’t talked to for a long time... This is a great time for renewed connections

Each write a short story about your relationship focusing on memories from the past... dreams for the future... or just plain fantasy...

Go for a “run in place”....run together and share with each other the sites you “see” along the way..

Plan a fantasy vacation together.. Enjoy a virtual vacation...

Close your eyes and each verbally share a guided meditation to a relaxing, peaceful place in your mind.. don’t forget to include all the senses..

The Gottman Institute has great Marriage Minutes...sign up free today.... https://www.gottman.com/marriage-minute/

Individually search YouTube for a favorite clip and share it with your partner...focus on a particular topic if you want...like find the funniest animal video...a favorite story.. music video...what is love.. be creative in your searching..

Write each other a love letter.... Check out some Ted Talks...each chose a subject..Brene Brown has some great ones...

Create an imaginative, fanciful, exotic, intimate experience for the two of you.....

Take an internet class together .....learn a language or how to cook something.....whatever tickles your fancy..

Have a “bake-off” each making something using the same ingredients or limiting it to a choice of 5 ingredients..

Make bread together.....get in there and knead together with your hands...

Sing together....

Serenade your partner with your favorite love song (lip sync if you are not a “singer”)

Many of these ideas can be adapted for the whole family

Share with me any couple ideas and experiences that you have had so I can share them with the “secret list”....

Have Fun.....

*This list was shared with me by Mercy Dennis and Mercy has given me permission to share on this website.

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work Workshop presented by Karen Cunningham, LMFT

The group I am apart of, Marriage and Family Therapy of Alaska, is offering a training based on the research of Drs. John and Julie Gottman for more than 40 years and will be presented by Karen Cunningham, LMFT.

The training is based on the New York Times Bestseller book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Dr. John Gottman and Nan Silver and will be offered in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

This group begins Thursday, March 5th from 5:30-7p and meeting every Thursday up to and including April 9, 2020.

For more information, check out the attached flyer, or contact Karen at kcunningham511@gmail.com

The book is a wonderful look into marriages from both perspectives. It teaches you new ways to communicate, helps you address obstacles you may encounter in your marriage and helps you rebuild that intimacy and learning how to strengthen the day to day life of stress, relations with in-laws, and of course, money!

Sign up today!

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Have you heard about Objective Zero?

Objective Zero is a 501(c)3, non-profit organization that is looking to create a community of feeling connected for the military. Being in the military can often prove to be trying at times. With frequent moves to new duty stations, having to re-acclimate at each move, balancing work and home life, and separation between family, it provides a way to get in the know about available resources, especially mental health.

1.       Download the app on your phone

2.       Sign-up for an account

3.       Connect with an ambassador

4.       Find activities in your area

5.       Find resources that are little to no cost

Find more information on their website, click the title of the article or use the web address to copy and paste located below!

https://www.objectivezero.org/

*All of this information can be found on the Objective Zero website, I am in no way affiliated with this website, just providing information for the local community.

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