“What’s Hijacking So Many Beautiful Relationships? - Jacob Hess
In this webinar Jacob will discuss the influence of mainstream narratives of romance and how couples can combat negative messaging about love and relationships.
Time Markers
0:00 – Introduction: Who is Jacob Hess?
4:05 – Focus question for the day
6:26 – Don’t accept the simplistic
8:03 – What’s happening? How do we explain it?
10:17 – A Heavy Burden
12:00 – Marriage by fascination
12:44 – Pursuing the “perfect blend of selves”
14:30 – Our modern society in marriage
16:17 – Beautiful possibilities crushed
17:48 – Husband on Porn, Wife on Prozac
18:40 – Holding it all in awareness
22:00 – M. Scott Peck
23:24 – What is our deepest commitment?
24:26 – Think of love as a practice
27:07 – Recovering Couples Anonymous
32:47 – Be patient with attachment injury
36:13 – Watch this in a hard moment
37:28 – The Painted Veil
41:06 – To go deeper
42:18 – Q&A
About Jacob Hess:
Jacob teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction and has many books including, “You’re not as crazy as I Thought, But You’re Still Wrong”. He has helped create online mindfulness-based recovery programs for depression and anxiety, sexual compulsivity, and chemical dependency. Jacob’s life work is dedicated to making space for thoughtful good-hearted people to find understanding and affection while exploring together the deepest of disagreements.
Webinar Guest Links:
https://faithmatters.org/jacob-hess/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobzhess
Insights:
Jacob Hess: Rather than one big dramatic choice, this is a choice we must make repeatedly in our relationships.
Invites:
- Watch the music video Broken Together by Casting Crowns
- On your next date night, watch The Painted Veil
- Think of love as a practice, you are never going to get it right, it is something you will have to practice with your partner always.
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