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Relationships prompts

Dating, difficult conversations, repair. The human stuff, handled like an adult.

• life Write a Thank You That Actually Sounds Grateful

  Write a thank-you that the person will actually believe.

• self Set Boundaries Without a Script That Sounds Like Therapy

  Say what you need to say about a boundary without sounding like a podcast.

• life Map Your Support Network and Work Out Where It Has Gaps

  Find out where your support network is thin before you actually need it.

• life Decide Whether to Confront Someone About a Long-Standing Issue

  Decide whether to raise a long-standing issue or accept it will probably stay as it is.

• self Decide Whether to Tell Someone Something Difficult About Themselves

  Decide whether to tell someone something difficult about themselves or stay quiet.

• self Translate the Language of a Difficult Relationship into What Is Actually Being Said

  Find out what is actually being said in the difficult relationship that keeps going in circles.

• life Decide Whether to Have the Difficult Conversation or Let It Go

  Work out whether to have the difficult conversation or leave it alone.

• life Plan a Conversation with a Parent About Their Later-Life Finances

  Prepare for the later-life financial conversation you have been avoiding.

• self Generate a Set of Starter Questions for a Difficult Conversation You Have Been Avoiding

  Get five actual opening lines for the difficult conversation you have been running through in your head.

• self Critique Your Own Patterns in Conflict and What They Are Doing

  Find out what your behaviour in conflict is doing for you and what it costs you over time.

• life Generate the Agenda for a Difficult Family Meeting

  Structure a difficult family meeting so it gets somewhere useful.

• life Plan a Difficult Conversation You Have Been Avoiding for Too Long

  Plan a difficult conversation you have been putting off with a clear opening and a strategy.

• self Reframe a Recurring Argument You Keep Having

  Find what a recurring argument is actually about and get a way through it.

• self Make Sense of a Complicated Family Situation Before a Difficult Conversation

  Think through a complicated family situation before a high-stakes conversation so you go in with clarity.

• self Clarify What You Actually Want From a Relationship

  Work out what you actually need from a relationship, not what you think you should want.

• life Navigate a Shared House or Flat That Is Getting Tense

  Defuse the house tension before it turns the living room into a war zone.

• self Write Your Own Personal Operating Manual

  Write the personal README that saves your colleagues from having to figure you out over months.

• self Set a Boundary with Someone Who Does Not Respect Them

  State a boundary and hold it, without the apology and the explanation that cancels it out.

• self Understand Why a Conflict With Someone Keeps Escalating

  Find the pattern underneath a conflict that keeps happening with the same person.

• life Write a Message to Someone You Have Lost Touch With

  Write the reconnection message you have been putting off because you did not know how to start.

• self Identify Your Attachment Style and How It Affects Your Relationships

  Understand the relationship pattern you keep repeating and where it comes from.

• life Get Out of a Commitment You Agreed to but Should Not Have

  Back out of the thing you said yes to without making the exit worse than the commitment.

• self Prepare for a Conversation You Have Been Avoiding With Someone Close

  Build the opening that finally starts the conversation you have been putting off.

• self Build a Personal Board of Advisers

  Build the advisory circle that gives you the right advice for each type of challenge.

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