rituals of connection Archives ⋆ Mike and Susan Dawson

Generosity can Predict your Marriage Success!

michaeldawsonlpc@gmail.com2024-01-08T01:12:58+00:00Attitude, Generosity|

Close your eyes and take a few seconds to think about a wonderfully generous gesture your spouse has done for you. Was it the time they offered to give you a little back rub while watching the evening news? How about that time they got up early and grabbed you your favorite latte from Starbucks? Or, they saved the last slice of pizza for you? How did this small act of generosity make you feel inside? Did it make you feel loved … accepted … warm … cherished … valued? Generosity has that effect on all of us, right? Through our actions — even the smallest of gestures like the [...]

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Simple Ways We Supercharge Connection in Our Marriage

michaeldawsonlpc@gmail.com2024-01-08T01:13:00+00:00Connection|

Susan and I have been married for 39 years! Thank you. Thank you; we’ll hold for the applause! In all seriousness, though, we believe marriage is important. And we think it’s important because God began by the connection of a man and a woman together to fulfill His purpose for this earth and this life. We also believe marriage is the most powerful earthly relationship we can have — we need to be united and connected. To that end, I always ask my couples to tell me their “why.” In other words, what was it that attracted you to your spouse? What were the characteristics about each other that made [...]

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Putting good things into your marriage: Rituals of Connection

michaeldawsonlpc@gmail.com2024-01-08T01:14:03+00:00Connection, Emotion|

Every couple and each marriage are unique. But having worked with and spoken to as many married couples as we have over the years, it is clear that the ones who are at their absolute happiest together — the ones who are continually putting good things into their marriage — share a lot of striking similarities and rituals of connection that ultimately help them feel safe and connected. Display a healthy amount of fondness and admiration for one another. Are in love and look for ways to have fun together. They have more heart talk than work talk. Meeting each other’s emotional needs is paramount to [...]

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How to Trim Tech for Terrific Couple Connection

michaeldawsonlpc@gmail.com2024-01-08T01:16:30+00:00Communication, Connection|

I was recently working on a blog for Mike. We were finding a picture to portray couples who connect and communicate well with each other. So I searched our photo software using “couple connection.” Wow, that was an eye-opener. 90% of the pictures that came back were couples using electronics together. It seems, that at least in the eyes of photographers or according to the ones who define the photo’s “search words” that “connected” couples are connected by technology. While that is true in a technical sense, we know that people do not find true relational connection by using their phone or iPad. Either while at the dinner table or [...]

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