Fathers, mothers, grandparents, siblings, children. Spouses, partners, boyfriends, girlfriends, lifelong friends. Aunts, uncles, cousins. Dogs. Cats. There are many dimensions of ‘family’. For the lucky few, family relationships bring unadulterated joy. For most of us, some aspect of ‘family’ brings challenges: prickly parent-child relationships, troubled marriages, annoying parents-in-law. And for some of us, it is the lack of family that is the challenge.
Family relationships are golden when they are right. But even golden relationships involve some degree of give-and-take, of gritting one’s teeth and bearing it, and of being realistic in one’s expectations. In negotiating our busy lives (or in enduring the loneliness and frustration of not-so-busy lives), we may be inclined towards rationing our energies towards ‘survival’ – and short-changing our relationships of attention.
During our journey together, you will shift your focus back to your relationships and establish goals for bringing some magic back into them (or for alleviating the tension in them).
If the absence of relationships is the challenge that you are facing, we will consider what has brought this situation about and develop a plan for either inviting relationships into your life or for filling the gaps with meaningful alternatives.
Relationships are at the core of our being-ness in the world. Please don’t delay in investing in them!