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Looking for the Scapegoat
Problem Family
member
From Blaming to Resiliency
(Who is right – who is
wrong)
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Seeing the System and
Recognizing Dynamics
Problem
Multiple
components,
and behaviors
contribute to it
From Blaming to Resiliency
(Seeking for understanding
and compassion)
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It Takes Two To Tango…
…but one to change a relationship
By changing the way to interact
From Blaming to Resiliency
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Resiliency Is Not Always
The Starting Point
1. Commitment (trust)
2. Appreciation and affection
3. Effective and positive communication patterns
4. Desire to spend time together
5. Ability to deal with crisis and stress in a positive way
6. Spiritual well-being (compassion and shared ethical
values)
Source:AdaptedfromDeFrain,2007
Resilient families
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Ultimate Goal: to Create
BOTH
a sense of togetherness and belonging
AND
individual family members develop their
own personality, self-esteem, and
potential
Editor's Notes
Issues of intimacy and communication
Pot roast story
Patterns play out through hx of gens and through oiur own hstory observe them….
Family History + Loyalty + Resistance to change (homeostasis)
This is vital in our lives but like gravity, we don’t pay attention to it and think much about it (except “ my family is ________” A one liner….
Patterns of relationships repeat, how family expresses emotion, deals with conflict – those patterns repeat.
We Inherit strengths and weaknesses….beliefs and biases…
. We react to people and situations based on what we’ve learned in our family of origin, not based on what the “new” person or situation presents. Even more likely when we’re under high stress.
“When the fate of the Republic is at stake” …..
THINK ABOUT:
Have you been baffled by a “familiar” relationship, feeling, experience?
A pattern, “I always end up the one who__________”
Heightened reaction – Knee jerk” Automatic:
Accomodating, adaptive, compliant, argumentative, defensive
AS LEADERS WE WANT TO BE A CALMING PRESENCE AND DELIBERATE IN OUR RESPONSES
When
Unfinished business – unmet dreams………..failures…………unexpected losses and “filling in “ for the lost person……. An individual may take on an ‘issue” – because of time, juxtaposition…………look alike……”the one who could do it”
For better or worse
CASE: Student letter from CPL
CASE: Individual I consulted with ……younger sister with 2 older brothers…..could manage up ….but not “manage down”…..it never occurred to her that it was related to her experience in her family birth order…….Also in ethnic family, women were not endowed with power, so managing others was not a skill set developed in her family, by her family for women.
Upside of all of this – can provoke striving for success ( as long as you really love it too)…..Jennifer
If you don’t know where you’ve been, you can’t decide where you’re going. Destined to repeat the past
Now, I’m not saying we’re all monkeys…..!
Why is this so??
Family history + loyalty + homeostasis
Cioe it takes two build intimacy or to create a screwed up relationship