Mindful Relating
What is Mindful Relating?
All of us have the need to be seen, heard, valued and respected. Mindful relating is about cultivating awareness, compassion and skillful responsiveness in our most important relationships- with ourselves and loved ones.
Mindful relating offers an opportunity to begin again. Patients who seek my support often express feeling “lost” or that they just “don’t feel like themselves.” Couples sense they have drifted apart or find themselves stuck in stale patterns and routines due to the focus on kids, work, etc. Patients learn how to be more present and attuned from the inside out and to lean into each other- to find themselves again or anew.
Mindful relating is a modern approach that integrates traditional therapy with skill-building in mindfulness meditation practices. We use a 4-step process of mindfulness that supports patients in meeting life with presence, ease and skilled responsiveness.
Mindful Relating Skills:
- Heartfelt and transparent communication
- Intimate sense of yourself and others
- Constructive conflict resolution
- More ease and calm in relationships
- Increased trust and mutual understanding
- Enhanced sense of vitality
- Greater range of choices and responses in behavior
- Re-scripting unsupportive and limiting beliefs
- Giving and receiving love more fully