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Home Improvement is a 16 week Men in Relationship program held in person at MCC in Abbotsford.

Topics / skills covered and printed handouts added to BigJakeConnects topics and categories.

comprehensive listing under Author 3 below

BigJake's Thoughts

The Men in Relationship is a wonderful program that is helping men become more self aware.

We learning how our actions or reactions to life events or triggers affect us and the people around us.

The program is a rich source of proven tools and techniques that we are slowly starting to unlock and discover.

Author's Opinion 3

Home improvement Men In relationship Index:

Topics and relevant handouts:

Choose topic and click link:

Men's health mix

and go to Author 3 Add content

*Ingredients for a healthy / unhealthy relationship *

Red / green ingredients

Team Activity

and go to Author 3

Small ‘I”, Big ‘I’

Me, you, us awareness

The Foundation

and go to Author 3

  • Safety, trust, skills, self-worth, safety, trust, skills, harmony*

Relationship Pies

and go to Toolbox 2

and go to Author 3

Our Pie

Emotional health

and go to Toolbox 1

Author 3 Add Content

ABCDE, model of emotions

(Action happens, we have a belief, then emotional consequences, decide what to do and always has an effect)

Self-care tools

and go to Author 3

Tool box

(Relaxation and breathing, staying true to your core values, time-outs, talking self down, creating a good story, listen, 4 degrees and hold, networking and support, clean and sober)

Motivation

and go to Toolbox 1, Toolbox 2, Author 2, Author 3

Emotional intelligence (EI)

(self - awareness, self - regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills)

Criticism

and go to Toolbox 1, Toolbox 2 Add Content, Author 1 Add heading, Author 3

Continuum of abuse - there is non, abuse is abuse

Abuse /hurting

and go to Toolbox 1 Add pdf, Toolbox 2 add heading, Author 3 add content

Types of Abuse

(Power and control wheel; physical, emotional, social, financial, intellectual, using children, cultural, male privilege, verbal, sexual, pets and property, spiritual)

Partner fear and rustling of the bushes

Silencing exercise with blankets

Cycle of abusive behaviors

(Make up, build up, blow up)

Power

and go to Toolbox 1, Author 3

Power over

(central, superior, deserving)

Power within

(self - understanding and self - worth)

Power for

(helping others, - need their consent)

Power with

(partner, friendships, : mutual connected, equal)

Good boss / bad boss

Change

and go to Author 3 Add content

Model of change

(Pre-contemplative, contemplative, preparation, action, maintenance)

Regret

and go to Author 3 add content

Full apology:

(Here is what I did that I regret, here is what I’m doing so it won't happen again, Is there something you need from me?)

Guilt vs Shame

and go to Toolbox 2, Author 3

Guilt vs Shame

Forgiving the self

Communication

and go to Toolbox 1, Toolbox 2, Author 2, Author 3

*Communication skills *

(respect, empathy, caring, listening, paraphrasing, perception checking, behavior description, description of feelings - ‘I” messages)

Respect (empathy)

and go to Toolbox 1 mutual, Toolbox 2 secrets, Author 3 conflict with respect

Listening

and go to Toolbox 1 reasons, Author 3 secrets

Passive, assertive, aggressive communication

Anger management

and go to Toolbox 1, Toolbox 2 Self-talk, Author 1 strategies, Author 2, Author 3 self talk

Conflict management

and go to Toolbox 1. Fair fight rules, Author 3 Guidelines

Gender and cultural teachings about men

Feelings

and go to Toolbox 1 look like,,Toolbox 2 words fix heading, Author 2 add content, Author 3 word chart

Emotions and feelings

Sex & dating (again)

and go to Author 3

Sex in relationships

Addictions

and go to Author 3 add content

Pornography

Jealousy

and go to Toolbox 1 dealing with it, Author 2, Author 3 stopping

Self- talk

and go to Toolbox 2 positive / negative, Author 2, Author 3 emotions

Compassion

and go to Author 3

Self - compassion

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Updated: November 2023

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