Without connection, it’s easy for our fear to grow as exponentially as the Covid-19 infection rates.
Fighting Despair with Connection:
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Five Good Things
A Growth Fostering Relationship is marked by the Five Good Things. Coined by Jean Baker Miller in her transformational book, Toward a New Psychology of Women. These are the qualities of a relationship that creates fulfillment and counters inauthenticity and inequity. They include:
Call for Posters (2019)
We are excited to announce a call for posters for our second annual Relational Summit: Learning Together.
Fast, Shallow, Breaths
It’s a paradox. Our connection will help soothe our anxious brains, but it can’t work if it can’t first see what is there. The first work of that connection is seeing the anxiety/rage/discomfort/whatever and letting it be there. It can’t be trying to suppress, fix, or avoid it. But once we have that acceptance of what is, that authentic connection in the midst of struggle, there’s enough solid ground for calm to take root. We have to risk the fast shallow breaths to get to the good deep ones.
Courageous Connections Events (2018)
Bloomington Community Invited to Break Down Barriers with Dr. Maureen Walker and Daryl Davis Bloomington Center for Connection (BCC) is delighted to announce its first community events: Power...
Bridging Difference: RCT and Intractable Arguments
Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT) has been presented as an antidote to the divisiveness we face on a daily basis. Whether the dissonance is of polar opposite political views, or a struggle over the...
SAVE THE DATE! August 10-12, 2018!
Bloomington Center for Connection is thrilled to announce our first annual Relational-Cultural Invitation: Bridging Differences. Friday, August 10th, we welcome our keynote speaker, Maureen Walker....
Assuming Positive Intent
One of many things I love about my work is that I’m regularly challenged on ideas that I’ve held close for years. Sometimes this results in a recommitment to the foundational philosophy...
Connecting This Week!
Hey friends, it’s cold out there, but we’ve got a warm building and fun activities to help connect caregivers and kids. On Tuesday, join us for Claytime with Connie, and on Wednesday we...
Assuming Pro-social Intent
One of the key pieces of positive discipline is the idea of assuming positive intent. This means that no matter how your child behaves, you set your default interpretation to something positive.
Helping with rough behavior
Babies don’t have the skills necessary to communicate or imagine consequences. Even when we understand what they are trying to say, we aren’t always able to meet their demands.
Coming Home: Strategies for a calm re-entry
Sometimes kids are a little wound up when they come home. Let your child be the boss during this transition. It will set the stage for cooperation later in the evening.