By keeping your relationship patterns as predictable as possible and helping the anxious
partner feel safe with your routines, your relationship can be very fulfilling for both of you.
You can go beyond the limits of your own conscience, body type, or abilities, particularly when you have
a partner you feel safe with.
Not exact matches
Some general goals of Gentle Discipline include making our children
feel safe with us,
feeling that they are
partners in their relationship
with us, and finding ways for children to find better choices for behavior as opposed to simply teaching them to stop a behavior that we deem inappropriate.
Survivors may
feel that they have no right to be angry
with their
partner, co-workers, friends or children, and may even suppress their
feelings until anger either explodes or is vented on a
safer choice.
Discuss
with your
partner: To what degree did you
feel it was
safe to express
feelings in your family as a child?
Breastfeed in front of people you
feel safe with - your
partner, your best friends, family, etc..
«Senate Republicans are ready to work
with the Governor and our
partners in the Assembly to combat and root out campus sexual assault so students can
feel safe in knowing that we have done everything possible to protect them from harm,» he said.
This ignites the cuddle hormone — providing your brain
with oxytocin — that bonds you to your
partner and makes you
feel attached and
safe.
Loving sexuality results from
partners feeling safe and connected
with each other, not from neediness, anger, demands, withdrawal, or resistance.
When you first build an intimate emotional connection and you
feel safe and loved in the relationship, then you can relax and enjoy the intimate physical connection
with your
partner.
On sex: When people experience difficulty
with sex it's usually not because there isn't enough stimulation hitting the gas peddle, it's usually because there is too much — stress, shame, discomfort
with their body, a lack of
feeling safe, disconnection from their
partner — hitting the breaks.
Do you
feel secure
with your
partner,
safe in the knowledge that they see you and love you anyway?
There are five levels of vulnerable language, and when we eventually access the final stage
with a romantic
partner, studies show that couples
feel safe and extremely connected.
I can make my
partner feel loved,
feel safe and secure, and make her
feel a real woman
with me a real gentlemen.
When you are dealing
with an STD, it can be really difficult to find a
partner that will allow you to
feel safe and confident.
Do you
feel physically and emotionally
safe with your
partner?
The
safer your potential
partner feels in sharing confidences
with you, the deeper is your connection.
These zones are
partnered with local cafes, bars and shops
with long hours so you can
feel safe when trading your goods.
Some people simply
feel safer sleeping
with someone else in the bed — a pet can provide a good substitute for someone living alone or when their
partner is away.
Once animals understand and
feel safe with their
partner, they can do anything — and they will want to!
For those women who
feel safer traveling
with a
partner or in a group, Tourlina attempts to help by acting as a way to get in touch
with other adventure - seeking women around the world.
I
felt very
safe and pampered here and look forward to returning
with my
partner so we can enjoy the beautiful outdoor jacuzzi and plunge pool together after a day of exploring.
See the Separation article The Threat of Family Violence for more information for what to do if you
feel it is no longer
safe for you to remain in the home, whether it is the matrimonial home or a home you share
with your common law
partner.
«By
partnering with Life360, our hope is to empower more families to experience life because they
feel safe.»
Unsurprisingly, this monotony often coexists
with a sense of safety — and
feeling safe with your
partner is a good thing.
As a result, you chose as a
partner a man whose lack of emotional expression must have
felt much
safer than the emotional and physical abuse you grew up
with.
However,
with the help of EFT, new interaction patterns start to take root and both
partners start to
feel heard, understood, and appreciated — they start to
feel safe with each other again.
This serves an important purpose in situations where we don't
feel safe, but can cause problems when something happens that causes us to
feel unsafe
with a romantic
partner, a family member, or close friend.
Do you
feel secure
with your
partner,
safe in the knowledge that they see you and love you anyway?
This allows your
partner to
feel safe to share anything
with you, even if they know you will not like it.
Showing support
with both verbal and nonverbal cues makes your
partner feel safe to be him or herself in the relationship, which helps build trust and intimacy, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
If you don't
feel safe sharing
with your
partner, your relationship is going to suffer.
Counseling
with me will help you: For Individual or Womens Counseling: Learn to manage your anxiety, stress or depression Relaxation and Mindfulness tools to help you
feel calm Break unhealthy patterns that no longer serve you A greater love for yourself, your relationships and your hope for your future For Couples Counseling: Rekindle the love that brought you and your
partner together Open and honest communication where you both
feel heard and understood Closeness and intimacy that comes from a
safe and trusting relationship
with your
partner Shared hopes, dreams and goals
Feeling safe with and mattering to our spouse or
partner is a cornerstone of how we see ourselves and how we relate and connect to the world around us.
The general rule of thumb is that a relationship is as healthy as can be when both
partners feel secure and
safe with each other.
Quality communication involves actively listening to each other's thoughts and
feelings and
feeling safe in sharing your thoughts
with your
partner.
With practice, protecting the self from
feelings of inadequacy and shame becomes secondary to providing whatever a
partner needs to
feel safe in the relationship.
If your
partner won't go
with you, I wonder whether you could go on your own, at least to start
with, to get helpwith
feeling safe in talking honestly to your
partner about your concerns.
Women also noted they
felt safer, more secure, and more feminine (because they could wear heels)
with taller
partners.
If you do not
feel safe (emotionally or physically), there is no way for you to reach a state of compromise
with your
partner.
Tomlinson explained, «It seems that this idea that you perceive your
partner to include you in their self and include you in their lives seems to be a key important factor that helps determine whether people
feel safe increasing their closeness
with a
partner.»
A «soft startup» is saying 30 - 60 seconds of appreciations about your
partner or the relationship before bringing up the difficulty, or whatever it takes to make your
partner feel safe enough
with you to keep from flooding.
Only
with this
felt security, can we
feel safe to be ourselves completely, to disagree, to express our needs, to let our guards down, and to show our
partner our most tender
feelings.
Instead of
feeling criticized and not good enough, my
partner can now hear that they are wanted and special, and can therefore
feel safe enough to provide me
with the closeness I want.
There IS a way out of the hurt
feelings, and a way back into a trusting and
safe relationship
with your
partner.
Counseling can help improve your sexual attitudes, become more body comfortable, increase
feeling safe with your
partner.
Communication Solution: When fear is holding you back from communicating your needs, it's important to discern whether your fears are the lasting result of your family of origin patterns or if these fears are the result of not
feeling safe with your
partner.
I can help you not only reduce conflict and improve communication, but
feel safe, connected, and relaxed
with your
partner.
You should
feel safe working
with your therapist to explore your relationship and come together
with your
partner to create positive change.
When your spouse works
with their affair
partner, the goal is to become a team, working together to make the betrayed
partner feel safe and loved.