The Fourteen Days of Loving with Honesty Dyads

Day 2 EVENING ACTIVITY Set up the dyad, having your book and a clock or timer handy. Remember to choose a time that is free of distraction. Step 1: Silently make and maintain eye contact for two minutes. Step 2: Topics for intimate disclosure: Partner A: "I feel that my greatest contributions to this relationship are. . ." Three minutes Partner B: "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." Partner B: "I feel that my greatest contributions to this relationship are. . ." Three minutes Partner A: "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." Partner A: "I feel I have contaminated this relationship by. . ." Three minutes Partner B: "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." Partner B: "I feel I have contaminated this relationship by. . ." Three minutes Partner A: "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." Partner A: "I am most excited about our future because. . ." Three minutes Partner B: "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." Partner B: "I am most excited about our future because. . ." Three minutes Partner A: "Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully." Step 3: Stand and hug for thirty seconds. Step 4: Start a journal for yourself for your eyes only. Get a notebook and record your thoughts and feelings about what's happened so far in your new program. Spend five minutes minimum writing in your journal. Go to day:   1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14   For a more in-depth look at yourself, your partner and how to reconnect, you can read Relationship Rescue and do the exercises in Dr Phil's Relationship Rescue Workbook.