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Using Relational Support for Social Self-Care During the Holidays

Using Relational Support for Social Self-Care During the Holidays

by Christina Canuto | Dec 18, 2024 | family-communication, holidays

Who do you know you can lean on for support this holiday season? The holidays are a time when relationships offer an opportunity to re-focus on what matters most in life – our social connections with others. Lean on Loved Ones for Support Asking for help can be...
Intergenerational Strengths and Traumas

Intergenerational Strengths and Traumas

by Christina Canuto | Dec 18, 2024 | family-communication, holidays

All families have stories of both crises and strengths. Trials and tribulations are a part of building family resilience. Identifying these stories, and celebrating them through story-telling and traditions, can help you strengthen generational relationships and honor...
Exploring 3 Types of Holiday Boundaries in Family Relationships

Exploring 3 Types of Holiday Boundaries in Family Relationships

by Christina Canuto | Dec 18, 2024 | family-communication, holidays

Have you ever noticed how time seems limited during the holiday season? How stressed you can be by family relationships and unresolved conflict? And what about setting a budget for holiday spending and gift-giving? Setting boundaries with yourself and family members...
Addressing Triangulation in the Holiday Season

Addressing Triangulation in the Holiday Season

by Christina Canuto | Dec 18, 2024 | family-communication, holidays

Don’t let triangulation in family relationships ruin the joy and magic of the season. By building assertive communication and cultivating a willingness to address toxic patterns, you can use the holidays as a time to reformulate any unhelpful communication in your...
Improving Holiday Communication in Relationships

Improving Holiday Communication in Relationships

by Christina Canuto | Dec 18, 2024 | family-communication, holidays

The holidays are a time where we are often around our loved ones more than other times of the year. Even though this gives us opportunities to reconnect, it also creates more space for family tensions and unresolved conflicts to arise. Common Holiday Communication...
Holiday Boundaries from a Compassion-Focused Lens

Holiday Boundaries from a Compassion-Focused Lens

by Christina Canuto | Dec 18, 2024 | family-communication, holidays

Have you ever waited until the last second to force a boundary in a relationship? This often leaves us tense, the other person defensive, and both parties unsatisfied. When we build boundaries from a foundation of compassion and love, we give ourselves and the other...
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