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Family, Marriage, Love workbook 1

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FAMILY,MARRIAGE,LOVE COUPLES WORKBOOKYOURRELATIONSHIP,YOUR FEAR,YOUR PAIN,YOUR DISTRESSBy Samantha 1McWilliamYOU MUST RECOGNISE THAT WE ARE BORN TO HAVE SOMEONE TO LOOK AUGUST 2016 | AUGUST 01OUT FOR US, AND WE ARE BORN TO HAVE SOMEONE TO WATCH OUR BACKS;IT IS WIRED INTO US TO HAVE THOSE NEEDS\"When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, youthen have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dream for a better life.\" -Stedman Graham.

Your relationship is supposed to be the ultimate buffer from the trauma ofeveryday life. It is absolutely necessary for you to be able to turn to your partner in timesof distress and be able to seek comfort from him or her. (If this doesn’t generally happen, do not fret. That is why you are goingthrough this program together, and I applaud you for that.)Think of a time when you were especially nervous, worried, or distressedabout something outside of your relationship. Write a brief summary of whathappened: ​ ​  ​ ​ Did you turn to your partner?Yes� No� Did they show up for you and provide comfort? Yes� No� If your answers were yes to both questions, that is great. Hopefully, thatgenerally happens for you both: that you are able to turn to your partnerwhen you need to and that they respond in the way you need. 

How did it feel that your partner was there for you? What would have beendifferent if you did not turn to them or if they didn’t respond to you the wayyou needed them to?If you did not turn to your partner, reflect on why that might have been.Maybe you just didn’t think of it. Perhaps this stems back to not believingthat people can be relied upon, or maybe you are in such a bad place withyour partner that you can’t rely upon them. Maybe you felt like you couldhandle it yourself or you didn’t want to be a burden of some kind.Spend some time and jot down what comes up when you ask yourself whyyou didn’t rely on your partner: 

If you did turn to your partner and your partner wasn’t there for you in theway you needed, reflect now upon how you turned to your partner. Howdid you let them know that you needed them? I’m asking you to do thisbecause many times partners send tiny signals to each other beckoningfor their support, but these signals can be easily missed. Did you ask your partner loud and clear? What did you do to let yourpartner know that you needed him or her?Now, take turns and ask your partner if they knew that you were askingfor their support during this time. It is possible that they will not be able toremember this event even if it stood out for you because we all havedifferent salient memories, so don’t be discouraged if this exerciseseems like it doesn’t go anywhere. Right now, we are just getting thedialogue started. I imagine that you were perhaps let down, hurt, and/orangry if your partner did not show up for you the way you needed themto.  

It is also very important for you both to discuss a few times (if you can) ofinstances in which you were there for each other and how that felt when yourpartner provided you comfort. Write one of those down here:Now, share your responses with each other and discuss your experiencestogether.  

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