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Love Notes:
Making Relationships Work
Course Outline

1. Relationships Today

  • Relationships Today…
  • Vision-building
  • Choosing Reds or Greens?

2. Knowing Yourself

  • Colors Personality Style
  • Examining the past—Good & Bad Baggage
  • Legacy of Past Hurts

3. My Future & My Expectations

  • My Past, Present, & Future
  • Possible Selves Tree
  • Identifying Expectations – What’s Important?

4. Attractions & Starting Relationships

  • Relationship Pyramid
  • The Chemistry of Attraction
  • Is it Love or Infatuation?

5. What is Love?

  • Eros and Agape
  • Three Sides of Mature Love

6. Principles of Smart Love

  • Smart or not-so-smart?
  • Seven Principles of Smart Love
  • Compatibility Check
  • Seven Questions to Ask
  • What Partners Need to Know about Each Other

7. How Healthy is this Relationship?

  • How Can You Tell?
  • Sculpting activity
  • Assessing MY Relationship
  • The Importance of Fun

8. Dangerous Love

  • Recognizing Red Flags
  • Drawing the Line of Respect
  • Danger Signs, Leaving Safely, Helping Friends

9. Decide, Don’t Slide!

  • High-Costs of Sliding
  • The Low-Risk Deciding Approach
  • How to “Really Know” Someone
  • Making Decisions—What Do I Need?

10. Let’s Talk About Sex

  • Intimacy—It’s More than Physical
  • Are We on the Same Page?
  • Redefining “Safe Sex”
  • Straight Talk
  • The Success Sequence
  • Planning

11. Foundation for Good Communication

  • The Four Danger Signs
  • Relationship Check Up
  • Angry Brains
  • The Power of Time Outs
  • The Speaker/Listener Technique

12. Communication Challenges & More Skills

  • Effective Complaining
  • Unmet Needs/Hidden Issues
  • Problem Solving
  • Daily Appreciations

13. Through the Eyes of a Child I

  • Child Looking for a Family
  • Where Do You Stand?
  • What about Fathers?
  • What the Music Says

14. Through the Eyes of a Child II

  • Brighter Futures for Children
  • Child Speak Activity
  • Early Child Development
  • Post-birth Relationship Realities
  • Success Planning

15. Relationship Issues & Smart Moves for the Future

  • Break Up Tips; Taking Breaks; Moving On
  • Next Time—Choosing Partners Wisely
  • Considerations on Living Together
  • Prepare for Success

 

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