Our blog post theme for March is "Growth Areas." So, our blog post authors will be challenging us toward growth in personal awareness for the sake of strengthening relationships. By Lavern Nissley Encompass Executive Director Thursday evenings, 7-8 pm, were times I looked forward to for about 2 1/2 months. Why? It wasn't for recreation, spending time with family, or a favorite TV show. It was to spend quality time with Ryan and Julie Preas, a couple who signed up for our RINGS Experience education and coaching. Even though Ryan and Julie weren't where they wanted to be in their 22-year marriage, they had a lot of the intangibles down like mutual respect, seeking peace, and growing together. But they didn't want to stay where they were. What a joy it was to watch them moving their health needle into more and more positives! At their intake meeting in November, 2023 Ryan and Julie both expressed the desire for their relationship to thrive and to be unified in working as a team. Julie is an encourager, loves interacting with people, and is quite literate in expressing her feelings. Ryan is more analytical and steady in his approach to life while bringing stability to their relationship. It was fulfilling to watch Ryan and Julie interacting with relationship skills each week and then transforming for the better before my eyes. Their diligence and commitment to growing together was truly inspirational! I want you to see their before and after assessment, taken about 2 1/2 half months apart from each other. Sharing it with them was a celebration of the impact their diligence had in achieved their original goals of thriving and being unified as a team. As you can see their merged scores jumped 80 points out of 320, taking them from COEXISTENT to VITALIZED in about 2 1/2 months. In a final exercise where each were instructed to instructed to write an inspiring phrase upon their "relationship tombstone" - what they wanted to be known for - the following inscriptions emerged. Ryan wrote: "They grew together in love, respect, admiration, joy, kindness, and generosity of spirit. Challenged to be better in life and in eternity." Julie wrote: "They loved each other, and their love vibrated around the world to touch every life." Thank you, Ryan and Julie, for your clear testimonial of what your investment into each other accomplished. I miss our times together between 7-8 pm on Thursday evenings, but hope that other couples are inspired to follow your footsteps!
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