Communicate with Respect and Understanding - For Families
Who needs this course?
This course is meant for families with older teenagers or young adults still living at home.
Why take this course?
The purpose of this course is to explore how each member of your family feels about the current living situation and the future of the young adult.
It will help you open communication between family members, explore misconceptions, and gain insight into what each member is feeling.
You will create a communication plan to share updates and intentions while keeping the peace.
What’s so great about this program?
This program is a combination of an online course and a coaching program.
It teaches important concepts and then guides your family to put those concepts into practice. This way, you’ll experience real change as you progress through the program. You won’t just learn how to help your family; you’ll see results immediately.
This program is the culmination of a decade of research, learning from experts, and a ton of trial and error.
I documented what worked and what didn’t work at each step (I believe in keeping a journal) of our progress. We worked really hard to figure this out and I want to save you that time and effort so you can benefit from our mistakes without making them yourself.
Designed by: Michelle Arseneault - Life Coach and Educator
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Module 0: Welcome
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Module 1: Discover Your True Feelings
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Lesson 1.1: Describe how you feel right now
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How you are feeling about your family and living situation right now.
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Lesson 1.2 Events influence your feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How feelings are influenced by events
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Lesson 1.3 Your thoughts influence your feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How what you think, and how you think, can influence your feelings
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Lesson 1.4 Your belief systems influence your feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
What belief systems are
How your belief systems influence your feelings
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Lesson 1.5 Having expectations can influence your feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How having expectations can have a negative effect on your emotions
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Lesson 1.6 Being triggered can influence how you feel
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How being triggered by an event can influence your emotions
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Lesson 1.7 Making assumptions can influence your thoughts and feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How making assumptions can negatively influence your thoughts and emotions
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Lesson 1.8 Describe what could be influencing your feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
What events, experiences, expectations and assumptions may be influencing your feelings
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Lesson 1.9 Find the root cause of your emotions
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How to get to the root cause of what you’re feeling
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Lesson 1.10 Practice homework
This lesson is a homework assignment: Treating strong emotions with empathy.
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Lesson 1.11 Disarming fear
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
What scares you
How to express your fears in a healthy way
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Lesson 1.12 Can you do things differently?
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How you can do things differently moving forward
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Module 2: Understand how your feelings impact others
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Lesson 2.1: The power of vulnerability
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How to embrace vulnerability and why it’s important
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Lesson 2.2 Why people hide their feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
Reasons people might be hiding how they are feeling
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Lesson 2.3 Potential benefits of sharing your thoughts and feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How it might be helpful to share your thoughts and feelings with loved ones
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Lesson 2.4 Potential downside of sharing your thoughts and feelings
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
Bad things that might happen when you share your thoughts and feelings
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Lesson 2.5 Practice homework
This lesson is a homework assignment: I did a stupid thing.
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Module 3: Express your feelings respectfully
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Lesson 3.1 Communicate with Kindness
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How to communicate with kindness
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Lesson 3.2 Techniques for keeping the peace
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
Ways you can express your feelings with family members in a respectful way
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Lesson 3.3: Express how you feel
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How to express how you feel using the techniques in the previous lesson
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Module 4: Seek to understand other people's feelings
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Lesson: 4.1 Empathize with your family members
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
The importance of empathy when communicating with your family members
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Lesson 4.2 Read body language
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How body language is part of communication
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Lesson 4.3 Make sure you truly hear
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
A technique to make sure you understand what is being communicated to you
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Lesson 4.4 Practice homework
This lesson is a homework assignment: Listening journal.
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Module 5: Share Intentions
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Lesson 5.1: Switch your relationship
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How to change how you relate to each other
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Lesson 5.2 Practice homework
This lesson is a homework assignment: Exchange student and Foster family.
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Lesson 5.3 What happens with a lack of understanding?
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How people make assumptions when they don’t have enough information
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Lesson 5.4 What information should you share?
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
How much and what information should be shared among family members who live together
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Lesson 5.5 How to share your intentions with your family
In this lesson, you’ll explore:
What you absolutely must share with your family when you live together
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