Mindfulness-based relationship enhancement (MBRE) is a set of techniques used with couples who are already content with each other (i.e. not in distress) to help strengthen coping skills related to stress within the relationship.
All couples will face life challenges and stressors in their lifetime. As these difficult periods of life emerge, it is helpful for couples to have skills that promote working together and positive, adaptive coping strategies. That is where mindfulness-based relationship enhancement comes in.
This book includes:
- How relationships get in trouble
- Warning signs of a breakup
- How the "fight or flight" instinct causes conflicts to escalate
- What "flooding" is and how to stop it
- How to step back from the brink in an argument with your partner
- What mindfulness is and how it can improve your relationship-
- Basic mindfulness exercises you can do today
- Eight mindful relationship habits to cultivate
- What empathy is and how to cultivate it
- How to be mindful about your own emotions
- Understanding your partner's perspective
- What active listening is and how to do it
- The power of radical acceptance
- Overcoming barriers to acceptance
- Productive and unproductive conflict
- How to make your relationship more playful
- How to spice up your sex life with mindful sexuality
- How to create a shared relationship vision
- Prioritizing your relationship with couple meetings
- Using shared rituals to build meaning together
