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Review in the MAMFT Newsletter,
March 2005
by Doug Greenlee, MN/MS, LMFT, LADC, CGC,
Book and Media Reviews Editor
Hoistad, Jan. (2004). Living Your
Dreams Together: Conversation Cards for Couples. Minneapolis:
Twofold Publications.
Dr. Jan Hoistad, who is the
author of Big Picture Partnering: 16 weeks to a rock-solid
relationship, has recently published a unique and useful set of
conversation cards to assist couples in exploring their dreams
together. Dr. Hoistad’s instructions encourage each partner to draw
at random one card from the set and listen quietly to the partner’s
response, asking questions only after the partner has shared his/her
views. This non-threatening and delightful process not only affords
the couple an opportunity to practice their listening and
communication skills, but it also has the real potential for
enhancing their intimacy awareness of each other. Dr. Hoistad’s
topics include questions about home, family, work, money, travel,
spirituality, fun, friends, and caring—all of which are interesting
and deserve further clarification, updates if you will, for partners
regardless of their length of relationship time. In addition, Dr.
Hoistad will send a new question every month if you sign-up for it
via her web page
www.twofoldpublications.com/QOM/. Finally, if you have
further questions, then feel free to contact her via
janhoistad@drjanhoistad.com.
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