Valentine Day is next week. Here’s
a question for you: Beyond flowers and chocolate, how can couples make this
Valentine’s Day meaningful?
Mindfulness expert and Mindful Self-Compassion
teacher Julie Potiker shares her tips. Julie is the author of “Life Falls
Apart, but You Don’t Have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm In the Midst of
Chaos.”
This Valentine’s Day,
couples can give their partner the unique gift of a more mindful relationship
by seeing and acknowledging the amazing in them. Julie suggests:
Write down four things you
are grateful for about your partner: Take a few minutes to turn your mindful
attention to all that is amazing about your partner. Here are some prompts to
get you started.
What about them makes you
smile most?
What do you admire most
about your partner?
What characteristic of their
personality or way of being is most endearing to you?
Recall one of your most meaningful
times together. What did your partner do or say that was so impactful, and what
does that reveal about the core of who they are?
Share these mindful insights
with your partner: Whether you speak them or write them in a card or letter,
let your partner know that you see the amazing in them.
BONUS: Beyond Valentine’s
Day, use this practice any time of year to renew your love and appreciation for
each other!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julie Potiker: Author and
mindfulness expert Julie Potiker is an attorney who began her serious study and
investigation of mindfulness after graduating from the Mindfulness-Based Stress
Reduction program at the University of California, San Diego. She was trained
by Kristin Neff, Christopher Germer, and UCSD as a Mindful Self-Compassion
Teacher. She went on to study with Rick Hanson, becoming a graduate of his
Positive Neuroplasticity Training Professional Course. Potiker also completed
Brené Brown’s Living Brave Semester. Now, she shares these and other
mindfulness techniques with the world through her Mindful Methods for Life
trainings and her new book: “Life Falls Apart, but You Don’t Have To: Mindful
Methods for Staying Calm In the Midst of Chaos.” She holds a B.G.S. from the
University of Michigan and a J.D. from George Washington University. Visit
www.MindfulMethodsForLife.com.
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