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Highlights from the Psychotherapy Networker Conference
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I just recently returned from the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium that took place March 22-24, in Washington, DC! As you may know, I like to share
“Chore Wars” are a common problem for couples: 1) sharing housework 2) negotiating the schedule for chores 3) agreeing on standards that are acceptable to both partners.
It’s a problem that won’t go away. Bathtubs get grimy, dust bunnies multiply in corners, clutter accumulates everywhere – as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow.
It took us awhile to figure out a no hassle solution to our shared housework, and we’ve created a short video on it. Check it out – and then share your ideas for replacing the “Chore Wars” with peace on the homefront.
Great video. It’s wonderful to see couples working together as a team. After 15 years of marriage when I did everything, I learned that it wasn’t the kind of marriage and partnership I was happy with.
Once I changed my mindset and beliefs my life changed. Are there couples out there that are great partners? Absolutely! I’m lucky to be part of a great loving team 🙂
Excellent video on Couples working together.
thanks for a great video
Wow – talk about gender stereotyping! I find that offensive.
Thanks Ellyn and Peter! My husband and I do not fit the stereotype at all. He is a type A personality and always cared more about being clean and tidy, and cleaning up after himself etc. I was the easygoing one who could function in chaos and really only saw a mess when I knew company was coming. I used to think he was just trying to boss me around when he got upset about the mess. I finally learned that it was a need of his to have things tidy. Once he realized that I wasn’t being messy on purpose, and that I was making an effort to improve, that power struggle ended! And now I like things really tidy-it doesn’t come naturally, but I continue to work on it!
Cheers!
Wow. If my husband had been that cooperative, we wouldn’t need couple’s sites. Or divorce courts. When I asked for help, my husband told me “I don’t like cleaning the house, so I won’t do it. If you want it clean, YOU clean it.” Same applied to mowing the lawn or any other work.
Hi Ellyn and Pete, Great video! I love the takeaway message which is how important it is to team together and get things done.
Lynn – want to get out of prison? Sounds like you feel trapped. And if you are hobbled in your marriage so is your hubby. In a three legged race if one person has a problem, they both do.
So listen up. Here’s your key for the jail break.
Read the blog for couples on super negotiation. It’s about four pages. (Great negotiation is more than each person saying what they want and then compromising)
You and your honeybun read the article twice. Then diligently follow the steps.
if you are successful, it means you both followed the steps and are on your way out of prison and headed for freedom.
if your are successful email me at ptpphd@gmail.com and tell me. I want to hear about it.
If you are not successful, l don’t tell me as because I don’t want to get embroiled in all your stuff by email. I am a sucker for wanting to help the hopeless. So help me avoid my dysfunction of trying to be the patron saint of the hopless.
Good luck on using your new found keys to get out of jail
Pete
Ellyn and Pete, I just love this! I realize that this is about several things, including leadership style and appreciating differences and needs, and communicating them with regard and respect for one another.
I’m comfortable, for example, leading or following, but in the house and the yard, I prefer to lead because I just considered it My domain – and I like my domain organized, uncluttered, warm and bright.
So hearing you both say that your home is ALSO Pete’s castle – and I imagine, equally a place of refuge from the outside world – helped me make a shift to appreciating how hugely important it is to remember that this is shared domain – and he might have different priorities.
Collaboration is the word of the day! And you both illustrated this with humor and genuine appreciation for one another in a real-life way. It is about communicating directly and partnering respectfully – teamwork. Rather than a negative pattern of complaining and blaming with lots of hostile energy.
I did not realize how often I led with that superior, contemptuous stance. Ugh! I’m happy to report that bringing this into my awareness gives me a much healthier place from which to communicate.
Wonderful!!! That´s the dream of amny women in the world, especially in countries where “machismo” is prevalent.