Shift from ME focus to WE focus
We all fall into slumps where we're focused on ourselves rather than our relationships. Sometimes we're simply overworked and busy, or we might be secretly mad and holding some form of resentment. And when we focus on ourselves rather than our relationships we can get lost in being "me/I focused." The work of moving into greater relational health is not about leaving your needs behind, rather it's about shifting towards a "we/us focus." This shift towards "us consciousness" is about knowing that how you're doing, how I'm doing, and how we are together, it's all of equal importance. We sometimes refer to this as "relationship mindfulness". You can reach this relational mindfulness by asking yourself to pause and remember love before you respond or bring up something hard.