Marriage Minefields
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(Is it you, me, or is it the trauma speaking?)
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$25 per person or couple - 4 hour course
Minefields defined - in land warfare, an area of ground containing mines placed with or without patterns.
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So often couples - who clearly love each other - are risking separation and seeking marriage counseling. It doesn't take long however, to see that it may not be an incompatiblity issue . . . they may have a trauma issue!
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Whether both suffer from past traumas or triggers, or you have an unaffected person trying to live with a jumpy, trigger-proned individual, understanding is the beginning of healing.
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Don and Lori Dixon will share their own experiences of learning how they navigated their own marriage minefield as quiet, steady Don tiptoed with a zero ACE score (Adverse Childhood Experience), and Lori clomped into the relationship with a hyperviglant score of 5. Using Lori's own Trauma Squares™ illustration, trauma and offenses are clearly defined in a unique and visual analogy.
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Practical coping skills will be shared as we explore the "whys", the "what the hecks" and the "what nows"!
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Let's explore
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Why putting a glass in the mug cupboard may impact someone's very sense of safety
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What bells have to do with it?
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Why coming up behind your spouse quietly may land you in a hospital room
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Money? Too much? Too little? It may be more about control versus bank balances.
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Why driving distances vary with one of you allowed to drive within 10 feet of the car infront, but the other is expected to maintain 2 semi length distances
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There may appear to be many double standards!
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Trauma Squares, the term as well as all visuals, are copyrighted and permission is required to refer, post or utilize any aspect of the teaching.
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Up to 30 People