Respond vs. React

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Decrease conflict and increase connection in your relationships. Goal setting and clear focus is part of the practice in learning how to respond versus emotionally reacting. Respond vs. React will reveal the benefits of becoming emotionally responsive in your relationships and will offer tips to help you manage the intensity of the emotional experience. You’ll gain insight into your emotional reactions while also learning practical mindful tips to help you communicate from a place of calm and intention. This course is recommended for individuals in relationships that are struggling to feel heard and understood due to constant conflict and communication breakdown.

“I love how this course is set up in bite-size pieces! It is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. I lost my place at one point and was able to navigate back to where I left off very easily. That was really awesome. I learned SO MUCH from this course! I actually want my partner to complete this course as well. I think it would be really beneficial for him and our relationship. I recommend this to anyone who is struggling with conflict and disconnection as a result of it!”

– Laura J
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What Will You Learn?

  • How to be emotionally responsive instead of emotionally reactive
  • Why you react the way you do
  • How your body plays a role in your reactions
  • How to start responding differently
  • How to Set goals for communicating differently
  • How to make a change and accomplish those goals

Course Content

Introduction
In this section you will get acquainted with what to expect with the course: what you will be learning, how the course will flow, the resources available to you, and most importantly what I hope you will gain as a result of taking this course.

  • Welcome to Respond vs. React!
    04:46
  • What to Expect
    01:29
  • Course Activities & Resources
  • Reflection #1: Reaction During a Recent Argument
    00:00

Psychoeducation Foundations: What’s the Difference?
It may surprise you to find that emotional responsiveness and emotional reactivity are two different ways of interacting in a relationship. It is likely that if a relationship has high levels of conflict it also has high levels of emotional reactivity. In this section, we will talk about the difference between emotional reactivity and responsiveness along with allowing you to reflect upon how your relationship(s) operate - through a self-reflective lens. You will also learn about the stages of change and begin to consider what goals you would like to set for the changes you desire in your relationships(s)

Gain Insight: Why Do You React the Way You Do?
After you learn more about emotional reactivity, we are going to go below the surface to get curious as to why you may react the way you do in your relationship(s). We will describe how family of origin, attachment styles, past experiences (history of trauma), your nervous system, and self-narratives have a way of fueling emotional reactions. Again, you will be given the opportunity to reflect about why you react the way you do so you can get clear with how you may want to respond differently.

Process to Responsiveness: How to Make the Change
It can be easier to change when there is a clear process and direction on how to do so. In this section I will share tips that I share in couples therapy to help couples decrease emotional reactivity (escalation of conflict) to increase intimacy and connection. By the end of this section I am hopeful you will be able to access new communication strategies to help have intentional vulnerable and productive conversations. Be it with your partner, family member, friend, and/or co worker.

Conclusion
Time to give yourself a high five, you completed the course! I will share additional resources for you to access as the course comes to an end so you can continue to move toward the change you are after in your relationship(s).

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