03/23/2020
Are you suddenly co-working with your spouse or partner amid COVID19? How's it going? Comment here on what has helped.
Here are a few tips to keep your home and relationship peaceful.
1) Acknowledge and validate your own stress as it comes. Take preventative measures and act fast when you feel like your stress level is nearing your limit.
2) Communicate your needs and schedule with your partner. There will most likely need to be more compromises during this time. Space is limited.
3) Know that your partner and children are most likely also stressed as well. The stress that you're feeling, they are most likely feeling as well.
4) Find time to get outside to breathe fresh air.
5) See if you can take walks with you partner outside for lunch and take turns making lunch and dinner for each other. Enjoy meals together if you don't need silence or need to work on your own things. This time can be enjoyable and you can find ways to support each other.
6) Give each other space and listen closely to each other. Space is absolutely ok and healthy to take in relationships.
7) Practice gratitude and engage in activities to keep you grounded.
Feel free to reach out directly with questions or comments. www.jenifermcatee.com
Jenifer McAtee is a Depth-Oriented Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT # 105934. Her graduate degree in Counseling Psychology was completed at California Institute of Integral Studies. She has over ten years of experience in a variety of residential, outpatient mental health, and private...
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