3
Videos
12
Writing prompts
1.5 Hrs
time to complete
6
Resource Sections
Overview
In this Module about our Emotional Lives and Relationships, you’ll be swimming in your (undoubtedly) rich and complex emotional life. This is a big arena for we humans! You don’t have to solve everything, and sometimes “lack of resolution” is exactly where things land. But whether you are intrigued by gratitude or forgiveness, see if you can enter this realm with an attitude of curiosity and possibility.
Step 1:
Watch Video A below then head to your workbook to fill out your reflection questions.
VIDEO A: The one where we discuss what truly matters and think about our loose ends
Step 2:
Complete your reflection questions.
reflection questions
Notice what comes up in this domain and how full our emotional lives are! You do not have to tackle everything, but notice what are the most important places in your heart and in your day-to-day life in this domain. You can also consider the long-term arc of relationships and how time takes on new meaning when there is not a lot of it left.
- What do emotions mean to you?
- What do your relationships mean to you?
- Describe your emotional life and your emotional nature. Include any challenges you have with anger, grief, joy, sadness, anxiety, or other feelings.
- Identify a personal relationship associated with each of the emotions above.
- What regrets do you have in relation to your emotional and relational life?
- You have 90 days to live: What relationships in your life right now need healing and completion? Which one would you focus on?
- You have 90 days to live: What are the most important actions you would like to take in relation to your emotional/relational life?
Video: The one with the visualization called “In the Others’ Shoes”
Audio: The one with the Gratitude meditation
Step 3:
Now fill out your vision, current reality, and action steps as well as your final writing prompts for this domain.
Writing prompt
- What is your biggest loose end?
- Check your action steps. If you couldn’t do it all, but you could do the most important thing, what would it be?
Consider – Rumi “Guest House” or other
Next steps
Explore the buffet of resources – read articles, watch videos, check out the podcasts and/or books.
Module 3 Resources
“Psychologist’s ‘Ring Theory’ can help you not say the wrong thing to people in grief” by Annie Reneau https://www.upworthy.com/ring-theory-of-crisis-and-grief
A Framework for End of Life Conversations adapted by Diane Hullet
- Brene Brown “The Power of Vulnerability”
- Elizabeth Gilbert on the struggle of watching the person you love die
- Jack Kornfield: 12 Principles of Forgiveness
- BLBD #79 The Four Things that Matter Most, Dr Ira Byock
- Peaceful Exit podcast “The Art of Dying Well” with Katy Butler
- Atlas of the Heart, Brenee Brown
- What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey