Dr. Gottman's research on the Oral History Interview has revealed that «masters» of relationships — those who describe their connection as happy, healthy, rich, and meaningful — report strong
feelings of connection sustained through the course of their relationship.
Not exact matches
I
felt as if we were floating along, doing a great job
of co-existing and co-parenting, but not
sustaining a real
connection.
So, how do you increase that
feeling of connection between you and your partner, and make
sustaining it a priority?
When your partner habitually responds to you by «turning against» your bids for
connection, you
feel that you can't ask them for support and the two
of you may drift apart entirely, because it
feels impossible to
sustain your relationship.
The continuous state
of distraction created by the system may deprive kids
of the ability to be fully present with each other, affecting their power to build and
sustain close friendships: to give one another attention, gain confidence in their bond, achieve mutual understanding, experience commiseration,
feel a deep sense
of connection.
Feeling strongly that our ability to function with integrity and wholeness within our communities and larger lives begins with our family
connections, Hunt focuses a great deal
of her time and energies on
sustaining connections with her husband, their six children, and five grandchildren.
Sometimes it
feels like you are stuck in the same fight, or there has been a betrayal
of some kind, or you want to find a way to create and
sustain a deeper
connection between you.