We are born into families and
we usually die surrounded by family.
Yet, getting along with and communicating in a family can be very
challenging. We do tend to hurt most
those who are close to us. Part of this
is familiarity and easily taking for granted the love of those we live
with. We may also have unresolved
conflicts and issues from our family of origin that we project onto our current
family members. But communication and
family cohesiveness can be increased, along with conflict being reduced.
According to Deepak Chopra,
three things that can be applied immediately are to increase:
·
Attention
·
Affection
·
Appreciation
When these three are
generously applied to your partner and children, family satisfaction
increases. Through family therapy more
can be learned about how to shift negative patterns of relating into mote
positive ones.