THE MEMORY GAME (Plan about 45 minutes)

Get 10 post its or scraps of paper, 2 pens, and 2 bowls.

This is a really fun Exercise and a great way to connect and enjoy one another. 

• Read through the list of words written below and recall a positive experience or time when your partner embodied this exact quality profoundly. It’s a great way to honor your partner.
• Choose 5 different qualities and memories.
• Write the word down on the scrap of paper and then place it in your partner’s bowl.
• Once you each have 5 memories of the other, take turns sharing your memory and why this quality is important to you.

accountable    adventurous   amicable      artsy       athletic    beautiful   bossy    brave     brilliant     brotherly   calm    captivating    caring    catty     charming    cheerful    courageous    daring    darling     daunting     dreamy     driven     effortless    energetic     empathic    enticing    excellent fabulous    fascinating    fearless     fiery     flirty     generous    genuine    gigantic    goofy     Godly    glorious     gracious     grateful     happy   hilarious    hopeful     hot    icy     ideal    igniting      imaginative    intentional     jazzy   jovial    joyful   jubilant    juicy    jumpy      keen     kind     lazy    levelheaded  lighthearted   loving    lovely   luxurious    macho   magical    magnanimous   meaty   mild    mighty   naive   naughty    nice   noisy   needy   open   opulent   orderly   peaceful    popular   pretty   proud   prideful    queer    queen    quick   quirky   rad   rare   real   reasonable   right    sad   salty   saucy   siren  sizzly    slick   soft    sound    sweet   tangy    tart   tantalizing   tempting   tingly    tiny   unique   vast    vibrant   vital    vivacious   watchful    weird    wild    wonderful   yappy   youthful   zany   zippy 

Or if there is a word that absolutely encapsulates their essence that I have missed, write your own.  Enjoy!

Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT

Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT helps people recognize the power of communication.  It is one of our most important skills that we have, and yet we don’t consider our understanding, approach, belief, and therefore, miss our possibilities.  Living with a paranoid schizophrenic mother gave Dr. Heather a unique and powerful awareness that no one has the same reality, though we believe we do.  Utilizing this revolutionary awareness has allowed her to transform communication within self and within all other types of relationship.  This is the hidden key to acceptance.  And this is her mission to share.

As a relationship expert, Dr. Heather Browne has worked with thousands of individuals and couples in psychotherapy.  She is a TedX Speaker and Keynote Speaker.  Her couple’s communication book, Speaking with the Heart: Transforming Your Relationship and Communication with Compassion and Connection, which offers readers a practical way to understand what it takes to truly communicate on a deeper level, not just with their partner, but within themselves, is now available in both paperback and Kindle.

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