Investing time and care to your relationships is not only enjoyable but it can also be good for your health! Join Patrice Powers-Barker, CFLE, Extension Educator for kindness and connection strategies. This is part of the Thrive in 2024-2025 Unleashing your potential for personal and professional success. (Thursday, November 14, 2024)
PowerPoint: Relating Mindfully: Creating Healthy Relationships
Try these Tools for Healthy Relationships:
- Loving Kindness Meditation – scroll down to “try it”, A guided loving-kindness, or metta, meditation from Sharon Salzberg, author of Loving-Kindness”
- Circle of Care, Sesame Workshop printable activity sheet
- PAX Tools look for “Helpful Technology” to download the PAX Tools App to your mobile device or check for a workshop in your local community
- Strong Couples project – free, self-paced online modules and brief video calls with a trained coach
- 36 Questions, to feel more connected with another person
- 5-3-1 practice from the Center for Healthy Minds
References:
Abrams, Z. (2023). American Psychological Association. The Science of Why Friendships Keep Us Healthy https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/06/cover-story-science-friendship
Bohn, K. (2017). Love actually: Americans agree on what makes people ‘feel the love’. Penn State. https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/love-actually-americans-agree-what-makes-people-feel-love
Fuller, J., Fitter, E. (2020) Mindful Parenting: A Behavioral Tool for Parent Well-Being. Behav Analysis Practice 13, 767–771. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-020-00447-6
Myers-Walls, J. A., Ballard, S. M., Darling, C., & Myers-Bowman, K. S. (2011). Reconceptualizing the domain and boundaries of family life education. Family Relations, 60, 357-372. www.ncfr.org/sites/default/files/domains_article_fr.pdf
Our Shared Values. The Ohio State University https://www.osu.edu/shared-values
Poulsen, S. (2008). A fine balance: The magic ratio to a healthy relationship. Purdue Extension. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/cfs/cfs-744-w.pdf
Social Connection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/social-connectedness/about/index.html
Social Wellness. The Ohio State University, Office of Student Life. https://swc.osu.edu/wellness-education-and-resources/ten-dimensions-of-wellness/social-wellness
What does a healthy relationship look like? New York State, Teen Dating Abuse Awareness and Prevention. https://www.ny.gov/teen-dating-violence-awareness-and-prevention/what-does-healthy-relationship-look