The ABCs of Healthy Relationships (In Spanish)
All too often, our efforts to find and sustain love result in conflict, disappointment, and frustration. We find ourselves repeating the same painful patterns over and over again.
This 4-part workshop addresses the sources of our conflicts and the difficulties we experience in relationships, particularly relating to our insecurities, fears, and need for space or connection. It also provides specific tools for building healthy relationships.
Part 1
THE ABCs OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS,
The Model
Exploring Vulnerability and Protection.
This is part 1 of The ABCs of Healthy Relationships Workshop.
In this webinar, we will explore the difference between living from a place of protection to being open and vulnerable. By understanding how our compensations were established, we will embark on a journey to become conscious of our early patterns and wounds and continue the journey to reconnect with our essence.
Consider the following questions…
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Do you long for an intimate relationship?
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Are you unsatisfied in your relationship with your partner, boss, parent, etc.?
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Are you in a relationship that has lost its intimacy, its juice?
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Are you experiencing miscommunication between you? Are there lies or mistrust?
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Are either or you feeling jealous or a need for space?
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Are expectations sabotaging the relationship?
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Have you done or said hurtful things?
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Do you feel stuck and afraid of making a move or hurting the other person?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this might be the webinar for you.
In this webinar, you will:
- Become conscious of the relationship dynamics that you attract and create in your life.
- Understand the mechanisms behind these dynamics - where they come from and how they were constructed.
- Discover tools for building healthy relationships.
The webinar is the first part of the ABCs of Healthy Relationships workshop. It is designed both for people who are in a relationship and those who are not and who want to work on their significant relationships (couples and others).
This webinar consists of a psycho-education component, a guided meditation to integrate learning into the body, and a space to share or ask questions.
This is the first webinar of the ABCs of Healthy Relationships program.
It can be found on demand in the resources section.
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ABC de las relaciones sanas / Módulo 1
Part 2
THE ABCs OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS,
“Come Closer, Give Me Space.”
Exploring the Wounds of Abandonment and Invasion.
This is part 2 of The ABCs of Healthy Relationships Workshop.
The wound of abandonment is a deep inner sense of emptiness and lack of connection. It can manifest itself in many ways. It can show up as jealousy, disappointment, or frustration when things do not go the way we want.
It can materialize as an addiction to harmony or an inability to be authentic and set boundaries. It can also manifest as an inability to heal from loss or rejection,
resulting in depression or addiction.
The wound of invasion is the other side of abandonment.
It is the feeling of suffocation and lack of space. The wound of invasion can also show itself in many ways. It can present as an inability to be in a relationship, feeling a constant need for space, telling lies, or isolating oneself. It can also be experienced as excessive guilt, an inability to set boundaries or setting excessive boundaries.
We generally tend to attract our opposite in relationships.
There will be:
- Psychoeduction: Information and knowledge can bring relief and comfort when you are going through this period. Emotional literacy helps too. Your hormones can make you feel waves of intensity that you may not have felt before and having more tools to understand and be with your emotions will help you develop the inner space to stay grounded. Your relationships and your current way of interacting with your parents and friends may change. This can feel scary, which is normal, and we will work on building healthy relationships.
- Q&As to explore your experience of adolescence and get the answers you need.
- Meditations to explore and expand your inner space.
Topics:
1. What is happening inside my body? Anatomy. Hormones. Fertility. Body changes. Body shame.
2. What is happening to my emotions? Emotional literacy (shame, fear, joy, anger, sadness, abandonment). Addictions. Risk taking. Meaning making. Creativity.
3. What is happening in my relationships? Relationship with parents, peers, authority figures. Healthy boundaries. Consent. Healthy relationships. First love. Sexual orientation.
4. Sexuality. Intimacy. Exploring my body and energy.
ABC de las relaciones sanas / Módulo 2
Part 3
THE ABCs OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS,
“I Don't Feel Like I’m Enough.”
Exploring our Shame, Self-esteem, and Guilt.
This is part 3 of the ABCs of Healthy Relationships Workshop.
The wound of shame causes us to feel like we are never enough. We believe that we have to look a certain way, act a certain way, or reach certain goals to be valued or valuable. Shame attacks our life energy and our potential to live fully.
Consider the following questions…
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Do you feel inadequate or like a victim?
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Do you give up, sabotage what you start, or avoid taking risks?
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Do you reject people before they could reject you, or do you avoid deep, intimate relationships so that you don’t have to risk rejection?
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Are you rigid in your beliefs about life?
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Are you exhausted at work?
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Do you think you have nothing special to offer at work?
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Do you feel unattractive and boring or too lively and loud, and that no one will love you?
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Do you feel bad about your body image or age?
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Do you constantly compare yourself to others?
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Do you let others mistreat you?
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Do you use alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs to unwind or relax?
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Is it difficult for you to set boundaries?
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Do you find yourself saying things to impress others?
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Do you find yourself in relationships with unavailable partners or people who do not respect, value, or see you?
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Do you isolate out of shyness?
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Do you find yourself begging for love or attention?
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Do you find yourself being the caretaker or saviour of your family, partner, or friends?
It is possible to bring light to this wound, understand where it came from and learn tools to start healing it. In this workshop, we explore the roots of this feeling of inadequacy. Through teachings, meditation, and a space for sharing and asking questions, we will learn the road to self-love.
Exiting this trance is a liberating experience.
This is the third webinar of the ABCs of Healthy Relationships program.
It can be found on demand in the resources section
ABC de las relaciones sanas / Módulo 3
Part 4
THE ABCs OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS,
Dealing with Stress, Anxiety, and Trauma.
Exploring our Wound of Fear.
This is part 4 of the ABCs of Healthy Relationships Workshop.
In this webinar, we will explore the fears that we carry within us and learn how to work on them so they no longer paralyze us or limit our lives.
Fear can manifest in many ways. It can present as bodily or sexual dysfunctions, panic, collapse, paralysis, difficulty relating, hyperactivity, agitation, severe mistrust,
and even disease.
Fear often originates in the echoes of past traumas, the legacy of which we carry within our nervous system that without awareness continues to restrict our daily lives. Many of us may not even be aware of such traumas or how deeply they affect our lives.
In our time together, we will take the journey to begin healing this wound.
By understanding how this wound operates within us and making room for it in a loving and compassionate way, fear becomes a doorway to reconnect us to our essence.
It is possible to bring light to this topic of fear, understand where it comes from and develop tools to begin healing it.
This is the fourth webinar of the ABCs of Healthy Relationships program.
You can find the first three on demand in the resources section.
