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Painting Wellness Podcast
Conversations about navigating the pieces of health, wellness, and relationships that make up the Art of Life!
Are you or your partner feeling like you have to keep track of all the household and family members tasks and schedules? In this episode of Painting Wellness, Dr. Emerald, DC & Katherine Garcia, LPC discuss how to manage the mental load you experience and techniques to decrease the stress around it.
Have you ever had difficulty communicating your feelings or needs with your partner, family, or friends?
Being able to Describe the situation, Express how you feel, Assert your needs, and Reinforce your needs through the conversation. All while being Mindful about being on topic, Assertive, and confident in yourself, and being open to Negotiating with the other person to assure both are having their needs met to a satisfactory place.
In part IV of having hard conversations, Dr. Emerald, DC & Katherine Garcia, LPC share a critical communication skill called D.E.A.R. M.A.N. A skill that over time can help you to grow your communication skills with the people around you.
In part 3 of having hard conversations Dr. Emerald & Kat discuss tools to implement in your life to assist in navigating conversations with the people around you.
Kat explains how to use the Listener Feedback Loop also called the Listener-Speaker Exercise which was created by Drs. Gottman & Gottman to help couples communicate effectively.
The reality is we have to have hard conversations in all parts of our lives, not just in our relationships.
In episode 3 of Painting Wellness, Dr. Emerald, DC & Katherine Garcia, LPC discuss the feelings we can have in our bodies when having a hard conversation. What do these different areas of sensation mean and what insight can we draw from them?
