Mastery
Keep a weekly conversation about your relationship
Whenyour agreed weekly private conversation begins
Take turns naming a good moment and a specific concern about your relationship. Reflect before replying. Agree one change for next week and revisit it next time.
- Try saying
- “What felt good this week? What would help next week?”
Start tiny
Each name one thing you want more of.
SafetyIf you fear retaliation or feel unsafe, skip joint exercises and seek confidential individual support.
Evidence grade CPractitioner method or editorial idea
Kyle Benson, How to Have a State of the Union Meeting, The Gottman Institute. Read the source ↗ . Adapted practitioner meeting structure; the shorter slot is an editorial starting point, not a tested intervention dose.
Mastery: Inspect your work, apply a specific correction in later practice and check whether it helped.
