Person ____________________ What like to be different: I’d Person ____________________ What like to be different: I’d DISCUSSION: Share with others in the group the relationship you chose and how you would like for it to be different. try to work on fixing any of the Don’t relationships now; give advice! Just share. (Make some notes below): don’t EXERCISES: Thinking about relationships you would like to change. First Exercise: Role-play what you would like to say and get ideas from others in the group. If you and your Dad, for instance, let someone in the group pretend to be your it’s dad. You to him first just let the other person sit there and listen. Then see if ‘talk’ – ‘dad’ has any response (SHORT response) how did he feel listening to you. Then let – someone else in the group take your place and pretend to be you. See how they would say what you are thinking and feeling. You might do that twice in order to get more ideas. Depending on time constrains, you may want for only a few people to do this or you may – break up into groups of 3-5 and each group work independently. The goal here is to get a better idea of how you are coming across. How might you say it differently? Practicing ahead of time also makes it more likely that you'll be able to go through with what you want to do. NOTES/IDEAS:
Person ____________________ What I’d like to be different: Person ____________________ What I’d like to be different: DISCUSSION: Share with others in the group the relationship you chose and how you would like for it to be different. Don’t try to work on fixing any of the relationships now; don’t give advice! Just share. (Make some notes below): EXERCISES: Thinking about relationships you would like to change. First Exercise: Role-play what you would like to say and get ideas from others in the group. If it’s you and your Dad, for instance, let someone in the group pretend to be your dad. You ‘talk’ to him first – just let the other person sit there and listen. Then see if ‘dad’ has any response (SHORT response) – how did he feel listening to you. Then let someone else in the group take your place and pretend to be you. See how they would say what you are thinking and feeling. You might do that twice in order to get more ideas. Depending on time constrains, you may want for only a few people to do this – or you may break up into groups of 3-5 and each group work independently. The goal here is to get a better idea of how you are coming across. How might you say it differently? Practicing ahead of time also makes it more likely that you'll be able to go through with what you want to do. NOTES/IDEAS:
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