building intimacy together.
WONDER UPRISING'S RELATIONAL INTIMACY SHARED GUIDEBOOK offers a creative process for those seeking deeper connection to a loved one. It can be used alone or with its companion, the Personal Guidebook, a place where each partner can explore the questions privately before coming together. This set of evocative, open-ended questions are supported by writing prompts that will get the two of 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 each other and to yourselves.
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 with another. 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 together? Behaviors you each want to look at more closely? What part will you each play moving forward?
WAYS TO USE IT:
The Shared Guidebook is intended for two people seeking more depth in their relationship to do together…it is a place to come together. It contains the same questions as the Personal Guidebook, yet moves partners through a different set of prompts. It is a space to imagine a new, more connecting path forward together.
It can be used alone or with its companion, the Personal Guidebook, a place where each partner can explore the questions privately before coming together.
(For guidance, download our FREE Group Process & Facilitation Guide or use the resources found in the guidebook.)
