Mindfulness Foundation for Relationship Connection - Shawn Christiansen, Ph.D
This webinar discusses how mindfulness provides the foundation for healthy intimacy, connection, and conflict resolution. Principles and practices from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, and meditation are presented that ground and center us as we navigate the storms that disrupt our personal life and relationships.
Time Markers
0:00 – Introduction: Who is Shawn Christiansen
3:00- Learning to dance
8:34- Does it take two to tango?
12:38- Finding our balance
15:50- Mindfulness based therapy
19:05- The control agenda
20:25- Love makes us vulnerable- unmet expectations
26:03- Psychological flexibility
28:28- Making space for thoughts and feelings
35:00- Skills to make space for thoughts & feelings
40:43- Simple ways to get present
47:14- Opening up- acceptance
47:57- Doing what it takes- living a value driven life
49:13- The values gap
50:10- Antidotes to draining or driving love away
52:10- Conclusion- look inside your heart (values)
54:00- Informal and formal mindfulness practice
56:20- Live Q & A
About Webinar guest:
Shawn Christiansen, Ph.D., is a professor of Family Life and Human Development at Southern Utah University. He has an M.S. from Brigham Young University in Family Life Education, an M.S.W. from the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in Individual and Family Studies. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice, he uses Acceptance and Commitment therapy to teach clients mindfulness skills to deal with anxiety and depression and as a foundation for marital connection. He is married to Tiffiney and they have four children and three grandchildren.
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