Today, you will do an exercise that looks at where your and your Loved One’s lives intersect. This is a great way to reveal stories.
You will draw a Venn diagram… One circle is you. The other circle is your Loved One. The middle section is the part in which you shared an interwoven life, your connection. Some people seem to overlap quite a bit, while others have very little even though they have significance in your life. There is no comparison between your relationship or another… It is what it is.
Handout: 52 Interwoven Lives52 Interwoven Lives 
Some questions to get you started:
- Do you share interests? What do you really enjoy separate than your Loved One? How about them…what did they enjoy separate than you?
- Do you share family? Who are family members with whom you have separate special connections?
- Did you work together or not? In what way was work a connection?
- Who were you before you knew each other? How did that color your connection?
- You can go to the simplistic… favorite foods, animals, sports teams etc. There is so much to explore here.
STORY PROMPTS
- We did _____ together…
- Our interests were different. I enjoyed …. They enjoyed ….
- We shared (family, group of people, passions, values)…
- Before I knew my Loved One, I was …
- After meeting my Loved One, I became…
- My Loved One enjoyed …
The steps will guide you through.
- Complete your Outline
- Complete your Thumbnail Sketch
- Hand write your story (Front and Back of only 1 sheet of paper)
- Listen to EFT Mediation to complete the process.
**If at anytime you have an intense response, utilize the 1 Minute Calming/Grounding Exercise.
Today’s 1-Minute Calming/Grounding Exercise is the Brief Energy Correction (BEC) The video is exactly 1 minute and it will take you through the exercise slowly.
Continue the steps at your own pace for another 5-10 cycles as you need. Check in with your pain, your upset and measure it… Work to bring your upset down 3-5 points on a 10 point scale…
Reference:
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Bilazarian,R. and Hux, M. (2020) Rapid Group Treatment of Pain and Upset, International Journal of Healing and Caring, Vol 20 (3) (39 patient dropped 4 points, 36 upsets dropped 5.2 after 90 seconds)