a private and intimate journey.
WONDER UPRISING’S RELATIONAL INTIMACY PERSONAL GUIDEBOOK offers a creative process for those seeking deeper connection to themselves and a loved one. You can do it on your own as a personal journey, or with a companion and the Shared Guidebook, a place to come together with your chosen companion to deepen your relationship. This set of evocative, open-ended questions is supported by writing prompts that will get the you musing and reflecting on topics profound and foundational to our relationships, yet aren’t often directly addressed. It is an endeavor that will bring you closer to yourself and strengthen your relationship with those you care deeply for.
You’ll explore social, cultural and familial histories.
You’ll discover imaginative, new ways of participating in your relationships.
You’ll develop a deeper understanding of each other.
You’ll embody greater empathy and restore your wholeheartedness.
You’ll grow a more endearing love for the beauty and frailty of being human and our attempts to be close to each other.
This is a journey of discovery. Designed for seekers, relationships geeks, people desiring more than the status quo, or anyone curious about the potential for deeper understanding and intimacy. This is not about perfection. It’s a deep dive into seeing each other in fresh ways through sparkling new lenses.
The 34 questions fall within these 7 categories: The Essentials, Sharing the Care, Intimacy is a Landscape, Riding the Waves, Seeing the Unseen, Sharing the Resources, A Community of Beings. Thought provoking prompts will help you move through each question and draw out thoughts, beliefs and personal truths.
HOW TO USE IT:
Each page is a journey. Each question is laid out as a two page spread. The top left corner is where it begins, with the primary evocative question.
The prompts are sprinkled across the pages. You can answer them in any order that pleases you. There may be a prompt that doesn’t resonate. No worries. Skip it.
Save “What’s Rising Up?”, on the bottom right of the second page, for the end of your journey. What has become clear during this journey? Is there an action you want to take? A behavior you each want to look at more closely? What part will you play moving forward?
WAYS TO USE IT:
The Personal Guidebook ushers each of you, individually, into your past and garners wisdom as you consider your life. This guidebook can be used by anyone wanting to foster deeper relationships in their life. It can be used as a stand alone guidebook or it can be used, in tandem, with the Shared Guidebook.
Both guidebooks share the same set of questions with different writing prompts. Each partner uses a Personal Guidebook of their own, a private space for reflection and discovery prior to coming together with the Shared Guidebook.
Whether you use it alone, or in tandem with the Shared Guidebook, you will reap many gifts that you can then bring into your current and future relationships.
(For guidance, download our FREE Group Process & Facilitation Guide or use the resources found in the guidebook.)
