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Special Internet Price - Save 20% - Only $19.95 per art print WAYS TO USE THE ART PRINT MISSION STATEMENT: To beautify office and home interiors with educational, motivational, and inspirational art prints that serve as personal growth tools for people to create healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives. THE PATH TO HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS This first art print in a series addresses the most primary desire we as human being’s have - to create a healthy, happy, loving primary relationship. Yet so many people fall short of this goal, usually not even knowing what a healthy relationship really is. They just know they don’t have it. This art print is a beautiful work of art to look at that can serve to inspire you to believe you can have a healthy, loving, and happy relationship. Each time that you look at it, it can feed your unconscious mind beautiful images and messages that can enhance your life and help you create the healthiest relationship you have ever had. As many discussions took place in the creation of this art print, we anticipate that it will likewise stimulate discussions in therapy groups, classes, workshops, offices and homes everywhere. FOR INDIVIDUALS Decorate your home with this art print and use it as an “eye chart” to:
When you look at this art print, be aware of the feelings it invokes. What do all of the words and symbols actually mean to you? Create affirmations for yourself, such as: “I am getting healthier and happier everyday in my relationship to myself and to my partner.” “I have a healthy relationship.” FOR DISCUSSION GROUPS HAVE A SALON. A Salon is a meeting where a group of individuals meets regularly and picks one word for the meeting. [If the group is small (4 to 6 people), two or three words for one meeting may also work.] These meetings are historically in people’s homes with a group of friends. This process is also powerful to use in an educational, religious, or therapeutic setting. Sometimes these groups begin with a meditation/guided imagery to help people focus and to get in the present moment. Other groups may begin with a prayer. A leader is established for this process, and this can be the same person for each meeting, or people may take turns. Using a “talking stick” or “talking rock,” one person at a time holds the talking object and talks about what that word (a round for each word separately) means to him/her, how s/he experiences that word. Some may share a personal journal entry, poem, or favorite quote. Most will just spontaneously share from their heart. No one cross-talks, i.e., gives feedback, opinions, or asks questions. This is the most important rule. Each person has a forum to have a safe place to voice his/her thoughts and feelings uninterrupted. (Whether each person has a time limit or has an open-ended time frame is something that should be decided before the group starts.) After each person has had a chance to share, then time allowing, you can have a discussion with everyone jumping in spontaneously as the notion moves you. Maybe someone in the group is a musician who may entertain incorporating the word for the day/evening, or someone may bring a song on CD/tape to share. FOR COACHES/COUNSELORS/THERAPISTS/SPIRITUAL LEADERS Use this art print as a therapeutic tool to: Use in individual counseling as a reference point in whatever manner happens naturally. Use this art print as an evaluation tool. Have a list of all of the words on the art print with a 1 to 10 scale for each word. Have each person rate their current relationship with a number on the scale, 1 for Very Poor, Hardly Ever Experience this and 10 for Excellent/Wonderful, Experience this All the Time. For example: Kindness 1___________________________________10 Respect 1___________________________________10 Support 1___________________________________10 You could also rate the Unhealthy signs. Control 1___________________________________10 Deceit 1___________________________________10 The scores could be quite eye-opening. A counselor could use this at the intake and at the closure to evaluate the effectiveness of therapy. As a workshop exercise, this one has wide applications with groups as small as 2 or 3 and as large as any one room can hold. This exercise can be called, AND WHAT ELSE? Give each participant a handout with the list of the healthy words and the pitfalls. Divide people into small groups, 4 or 5 preferably, and instruct each group to make suggestions for three more words to be included on the art print. AND WHAT ELSE? Point out that there are three hidden steps from view on the bridge. Give the groups a time limit (10 to 20 minutes) and expect them to come to a consensus on three words. Experimenting with this, you may give a shorter or longer time. Recognize that the larger the overall group, more time is valuable. People who attend workshops/conferences enjoy meeting other people as much as listening to the main speakers, so give them an opportunity to have meaningful interactions. After the groups have come up with their 3 words, make a master list from all of the groups at the front of the room and then take a vote on the 3 final words. The object isn’t to make this list “perfect.” It is to stimulate people to think and feel what is important to them. OTHER OPTIONS: Have each person use their handout to rate the importance they would give each word. Or rate their own relationship with their significant other. Or use the words to evaluate another relationship, such as one with a friend, relative, coworker, boss, or whoever. Discuss the applicability of the art print to relationships in general and how each person wants to be in life generally. FOR SCHOOL COUNSELORS
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