Ok, you know how I say "We are ALL just tall babies"? Let's look through that lens when we consider our safest relationships. To be safe enough to be ourselves, to speak our truth, to ask for our needs to be met, to pursue our destiny - to shout from the mountain tops about our wonderful self … [Read more...]
How to Conduct Ideal Family & Relationship Meetings
Hey Hey Hey – I hear from those in Corporate America that they spend most of their work day in meetings, talking about having meetings, summarizing meetings, pondering if maybe they should just have a meeting. MEETINGS. … [Read more...]
3 of Denise’s Favorite Thrive Techniques
Hey Connectors – Holy crap! Can you believe it is November?! This is the fastest year I have ever experienced – how does that happen?! As we enter the holiday season, we know typically the end of the year will ZOOM by! So let’s get really serious about not letting the craziness of time and … [Read more...]
Hey Connectors – the mission is getting momentum
Like I predicted in my last video – I FINISHED MY FIRST BOOK! And it is alllll about YOU! In the process of getting the book done, I couldn’t help but see and feel the impact of T.A.B.S. I truly believe T.A.B.S. is in everything we do as human, whether it is in relationships with people, places … [Read more...]
Pull Up a Chair and Take a Load Off
The Relationship Table. It's a place we “go” to sort out issues, make requests and create change in relationships. It can literally be a table but it is more about the feel of a conversation. The Relationship Table should feel safe and open as both parties are willing to create change. The … [Read more...]
10 Questions for Your Annual Relationship Review
Picture it: nice dinner, your favorite meal, you wore that extra special something, maybe a little cologne to feel extra fancy. It is your anniversary – you have been in this relationship for a year, a decade, 25 years or 25 days (why not? Celebrate it all). You have someone really important sitting … [Read more...]
Determine How Engaged your Partner is in the Relationship
Hey Connecters! Engagement – not the “put a ring on it” kind, I am talking about the E of “A.R.R.E. You There for Me?”. Engagement is a pillar of connected and easier relationships. It is what helps us Tall Babies feel another has our back and is there for us. The key is engaging in what is … [Read more...]
We are all just Tall Babies!
“We are all just Tall Babies!” I say this to all the couples I work with and it makes sense to them when we look at the “stuff” we are all seeking in relationships. Picture it: we were all born from some woman’s body way back in the day. We likely came into this world and it was bright, cold … [Read more...]
A.R.R.E. You Reliable?
Let's expand on the previous Episode 20: "A" is for Accessible and look at Reliability. Check out the video in this post and answer the 2 true and false questions regarding reliability. For any "false" responses rate the distress related to that question on a 1 to 10 scale, 1 is little distress … [Read more...]
8 Essential Relationship Concepts – an Introduction
Hey y'all! I am just finishing up the best kick off for Part 3 of the workbook "Connections Strategies for Every Relationship". Part 3 will be the "meat and potatoes" of the work we have been leading up to as we move from your relationship with yourself in Part 1 Calm to Connect and Part 2 … [Read more...]