Lesson 33: Couple/Partner Relationships Pt. 1: Slide 37

Why Are You Feeling This Way?
- A simple example:
- Your partner is having a cup of coffee and relaxing
- You want to hurry up and get out the door to get the shopping done
- The more your partner enjoys their
coffee:
- The more restless you become
- The more you assign negative
qualities and meaning to their behavior
- Are you getting angry because they are relaxing or because you have to work hard at keeping yourself on track and would like to be relaxing or…?
Notes:
Pg. 56, “ Partnering, a New Kind of Relationship,” Hal Stone, PH.D., & Sidra L. Stone, PH.D., New World Library, California, 2000.
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