Is Your Phone Ruining Your Relationship?
Ok, it is true that I watched this video on my phone, and perhaps you did too. I am posting this video to encourage a conversation about staying present in our relationships. We have so many distractions available, it is hard to stay in the present moment.
Here are some questions I ask myself and my clients:
Do you turn off your phone at certain times to make sure you are available to your partner?
How do you handle texts and emails when you are out together?
Do you ever sit in silence together with no screens to look at?
Could your relationship with yourself benefit from more silence?
As a couples therapist, I help couples talk through their conflicts regularly. Device use is one of those hot topics we navigate frequently.
Every couple needs to create their own culture around these issues, taking the preferences of both people into account. When a couple makes these choices and compromises consciously, they avoid falling into a default of being plugged in all of the time.
