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In the last month Ryan and I have attended two seminars. We have another one next month. And Ryan and I are both being coached for our businesses. We are firm believers in constantly growing. I wrote about growing as a couple. That is what we strive to do. Grow as individuals, as a couple, as business owners, as athletes- to grow in every area of our lives. We have learned a ton of stuff and I am slowly getting to share some of it with you. My first post inspired by one of the seminars was 4 Ways to Love. Several people asked me to share more of what we have learned. So today I am going to share some of the notes I took and what they mean to me.
The notes that I am sharing are notes that I took during the Unleash the Power Within seminar. These are paraphrases of what the speaker said or thoughts I jotted down while listening. The seminar discussed different topics each day, therefore without you attending some of them may be taken out of context. Please read these quotes and my thought with an open mind.
Women share about problems to connect where men want to solve problems.
This was just a simple reminder about the differences between men and women. Often times women will share about problems where men want to fix them. Therefore, establishing some kind of phrase will help couples better understand what the intent is for the conversation. Ryan has become good at this. He will say, “Are we just talking about this or are you trying to come up with a solution?”
If you continue to do what you did at the beginning of the relationship there will be no end.
Bam! The solution to all relationship problems. That is all I can say about this.
The more you try to control energy the more exhausting it is.
How many wives out there try to control some area of their lives? *Raises hand* That is me. I would venture to say that is every wive at some point. How true is that? It just becomes more and more exhausting.
When you are grateful you can not be angry or fearful.
This was written after we did an exercise about being grateful. The thing is our mind can only have one thought at any time. Now thoughts may come and go extremely fast, but there can only be one single thought at a time. If we focus on being grateful, even the smallest of things, we can not also hold thoughts of anger and fear. Big reason to start being more grateful!
Life is not a battle. It’s about love.
Some people have an outlook about life always being a challenge. Something to do, to conquer, to overcome. But what if we started looking at life in a way that we were able to spread and shine love while we moved forward in those other things life brings us. It is about loving ourselves, loving others around us and even loving those we don’t know.
Those are just a few nuggets that I got out of Unleash the Power Within that are allowing me to grow as a wife and mother. I will for sure be sharing more with you in the coming weeks as I continue to process all that I am learning.
What are ways that you grow as a wife and mother?
Until Next Time- Truly Love,
Cassie
Thanks for sharing some nuggets from the seminars, Cassie. I always love gleaning from other people’s experiences and opportunities. I feel like I’m growing as a mom in a new season of motherhood–letting go. My youngest is a freshman in college and we just had a conversation with him last night about an area. It’s a fine line we must walk with him–allowing him to make the choices and yet expecting him to do what we encourage. Yikes! So very challenging, but I’m trusting God in the thick of it!
Oh yes, Beth, I am sure that is a hard time! I remember when I went off to college, my mom being the same way. Although once I was in college our friendship grew and became more than when I was in high school. Maybe because of that freedom she allowed me to have.