The 5 Love Languages
Richard Marks, PhD
Sep 03
|22:05
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KEEP COMMUNICATION OPEN
Our daily lives get so hurried, that it's easy to lose the lines of communication with your spouse and kids! We've found this 5-minute, daily communication tool really helpful for "checking in" with one another every day. It's called SOMETHING FOR US. It can be done as a family, around the dinner table or in the car.
Or, it can be done as a couple, sitting face to face, alone.
Each person takes a turn sharing their feelings in the following areas:
APPRECIATIONS: Share one thing that you appreciate about each person present.
NEW INFORMATION: Share something new that's happened.
PUZZLES, OR CONCERNS: Share something you are concerned about or puzzled about in your life.
REQUEST FOR CHANGE: This is your opportunity to gently ask for change in an area where you want it. ("I've noticed that you are bringing your cell phone to the dinner table and texting your friends. I'm requesting that you leave your phone in your bedroom during family dinners.")
ASK FOR/GRANT FORGIVENESS: If needed.
WISHES, HOPES, DREAMS: Share one of your wishes, hopes or dreams out loud.
Why Healthy Marriages Are Good for the Workplace
Richard Marks, PhD
May 12
|21:44
Now I assume that you are thinking, “Oh no! Not another one of those folks who is going to push marriage down my throat!” Actually, no, I am not. However, I can not ignore that divorce is having devastating effects not just on children but also on the parents. And furthermore, the effects of divorce ripple into the workplace. Recently, a Group Vice-President of a national bank contacted me. He was quite frustrated. One of his employees came to him and told him that he was struggling in the training seminars (which by the way cost BIG money to send this person) he was attending due to the inability to focus because the marriage therapy that this employee and his wife were attending didn’t help and they were seeking a divorce. This VP was bothered and informed me that had he known that this employee was having marital problems, he would not have invested the money for the training but in helping this employee and his wife work things out. This came on the heels of about three other divorces taking place in this VPs division. He then understood why their work productivity dropped. He contacted me because he wants to take a proactive approach to helping his employees and their spouses and or significant others by offering marriage education/relationship skills training in the workplace.