Project 8 of 12 for high-nurturance families and relationships

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Inventory: Our Relationship's
Strengths and Stressors
- p. 2 of 2

Affirm What's Good, and Improve What Isn't

By Peter K. Gerlach, MSW

The Web address of this two-page inventory is http://sfhelp.org/07/nc/strnx-strssrs.htm

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Priorities and Commitment: I feel important enough with you, often enough, vs.:

79)  your prior partner/s (if any  (+ / o / - )

80)  your _ family and _ friends  (+ / o / - )

81)  your _ work, _ school, _ hobbies, _ church, _  _________________  (+ / o / - )

82)  (other)  ___________________________________________________________  (+ / o / - )

83)  My commitment to nurturing and protecting our relationship is consistently among my top
       three priorities - mainly from genuine desire, vs. anxiety or duty
   (+ / o / - )

84)  I’m consistently satisfied with your demonstrated (vs. stated) commitment to nurturing and
       protecting our relationship
  (+ / o / - )

Respect

85)  I generally respect your _ values, _ goals, and _ actions highly  (+ / o / - )

86)  I usually feel respected enough by you  (+ / o / - )

87)  I’m comfortable enough with my level of self respect  (+ / o / - )

88)  I’m comfortable enough with your level of self respect  (+ / o / - )

89)  (other)  _______________________________________________________   (+ / o / - )


Our Time Together

90)  We usually have enough time alone together  (+ / o / - )

91)  The quality of our times alone usually feels good enough to me  (+ / o / - )

92)  Your priority about our alone-time is usually high enough for me  (+ / o / - )

93)  (other)  _______________________________________________________  (+ / o / - )


Our Trust and Honesty

94)  I consistently trust that you mean what you say to me  (+ / o / - )

95)  I steadily trust that you don't withhold important things from me  (+ / o / - )

96)  You don't use what I share against me  (+ / o / - )

97)  I can rely on you to not tell others what I wish to keep private between us  (+ / o / - )

98)  I completely trust that you won't cheat sexually on me  (+ / o / - )

99)  (other)  ________________________________________________________  (+ / o / - )
 

Our Values: We usually agree well enough on:

100)  Personal health, medications, diet, and exercise  (+ / o / - )

102)  Home choice, furnishing, decorating, and maintenance  (+ / o / - )

103)  Household chores and responsibilities  (+ / o / - )

104)  Leisure, play, holidays, and vacations  (+ / o / - )

105)  Money _ provision, _ allocation, _ saving, _ investing, _ managing, and _ estate planning 
       
(+ / o / - )

106)  Spirituality, religion, church, and worship  (+ / o / - )

107)  Focusing enough on the present, vs. the past or the future  (+ / o / - )

108)  Balancing our time between working, playing, resting, and being alone  (+ / o / - )

109)  Drug use (including food and prescription chemicals) by you, me, and other family members
      
 
(+ / o / - )

110)  Conceiving a child and/or adopting one  (+ / o / - )

111)  Planning enough for our lives vs. letting life happen to us  (+ / o / - )

112)  Asking for and accepting help from appropriate others when we need it  (+ / o / - )

113)  Risking new experiences, ideas, and relationships from time to time, vs. staying safely with the old
        ones 
(+ / o / - )

114)  (other)  __________________________________________________________  (+ / o / - )

115)  (other)  __________________________________________________________  (+ / o / - )


Other Relationship Strengths and Stressors

116)  _________________________________________________________________  (+ / o / - )

117)  _________________________________________________________________    (+ / o / - )

118)  _________________________________________________________________    (+ / o / - )

119)  _________________________________________________________________    (+ / o / - )

120)  _________________________________________________________________    (+ / o / - )

  • As I finish this inventory, I’m aware of...






  •  I feel reassured that ...

 

 

 

 

  •  I feel uneasy or anxious about...

 

 

 

 

  •  and I need to... 

 

 

 

  Notes / Thoughts






The
Solutions series of articles in this site proposes specific ideas on improving most of these factors. Tho they are written for stepfamily adults and supporters, much of the content applies to all families.

        The key articles are integrated in the guidebook for divorce-prevention Project 8 , The Re/marriage Book - Master Common Stressors Together (Xlibris.com, 2002). Most of the book applies to any committed couple.

        Pause, breathe, and recall why you read this article. Did you get what you needed? If so, what do you need now? If not - what do you need? Is there anyone you want to discuss these ideas with? Who's answering these questions - your wise resident true Self, or "someone else"?

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