We’re just three days away from our 5th annual Healthy Relationships Week!
We’ve got a full slate of programs and resources to strengthen relationship of all kinds. Check out the flier below and click the link above to learn more!
Take time…
“Take time to do what makes your soul happy.” – unknown
Whatever that looks like for you today, we hope you spend some time doing what makes your soul happy!
2.11.20| HRI Partners with UNC Greensboro Campus Violence Response Center!
Attention UNC Greensboro students!
The Healthy Relationships Initiative is partnering with the UNC Greensboro Campus Violence Response Center (learn more here) to offer a short 30-minute live session on Healthy Relationships 101. HRI Program Coordinator, Camila Dos Santos, will share insights into building healthy relationships at all ages, but especially as a college student living through a pandemic.
Join us on February 11 on our Instagram page live at 12:30!
Nominate a Kindness Champion!
We’re accepting Kindness Champion nominations!
Do you have someone in your life you think deserves to be recognized for their kindness? Someone who goes out of their way to lend a helping hand?
Nominate them for the Healthy Relationships Initiative’s Kindness Champions of Guilford County! In honor of the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, the Healthy Relationships Initiative’s Kindness Champions of Guilford County aims to spotlight individuals who spread positivity to the people in their lives through kindness and compassion.
If you think you know someone who fits this description, please take a moment to submit a nomination for them! This could be anyone you know in your life and your community: a friend, a family member, a co-worker, or even an acquaintance. Nominees of all ages are welcome!
All nominations are due by February 17, Random Acts of Kindness Day.
To nominate someone, please email Ella Porter at elporte2@uncg.edu and provide the nominee’s name, contact info (preferably email; for child nominees, please provide the contact information for their parent/guardian), and why you’re nominating them as a Kindness Champion!
Kindness Champions will receive a small prize and will be featured on the Healthy Relationships Initiative’s blog and social media accounts in early March.
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” -Marcel Proust
With all the craziness going on, it can be easy to forget or take for granted the importance of our loved ones in filling our lives with meaning. We get caught up in work or school or life, get used to having our loved ones around, and forget what a gift it is to have them with us. Today, take a moment to be grateful for the people in your life who make you happy, who support you, and who care for you.
Success Defined by Maya Angelou
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” – Maya Angelou
Dr. John Gottman on Successful Long-Term Relationships
Dr. John Gottman says, “Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small gestures, and small acts.”
The important moments, the ones that strengthen relationships, often happen in small ways. Reaching out to your partner, leaning into their bids for affection especially during conflict, showing affection, recognizing the things that they do that enhance your life, and taking time to laugh together, are some examples of small ways that you can show your partner you care every day.
Check out Dr. Gottman’s Small Things Often podcast for more small ways to strengthen your relationship each day.
2.15.20 | Young Love Part II: Setting the Tone for a Healthy, Happy, & Safe Marriage
In the second part of our Healthy Relationships Week’s Young Love series, HRI Program Coordinator, Camila Dos Santos, chats with longtime friends and married couple, Stormi and Tim Covington, about how young, married couples can set the tone for a healthy, happy, and safe marriage. Stormi and Tim share their knowledge from personal experiences and also from their insights as facilitators of a Millennial Marriages group at their church in Guilford County, NC.
Click here to register and receive a reminder to tune in on Monday, February 15 from 6-7 pm EST on either our Facebook Page or Youtube! We’ll premiere this program and Stormi and Tim will answer questions live in the chatroom!
*This program is part of our 2021 Healthy Relationships Week celebration! Click here to learn more about Healthy Relationships Week and other programs and resources we’ll share that week!
2.15.20 | Young Love: Setting the Tone for a Healthy, Happy, & Safe Marriage
Join HRI Program Coordinator, Camila Dos Santos, as she chats with relationship experts and therapists, Lauren Bowman and Kalie Moore, about how young couples can set the tone for a happy marriage. Tune in on February 15 from 11-12 on either the HRI Facebook or Youtube page and ask your questions live in the chatroom.
Click here to register to receive a reminder to tune in live!
*This program is part of our 2021 Healthy Relationships Week celebration! Click here to learn more about Healthy Relationships Week and other programs and resources we’ll share that week!
You will never look back and think…
“You will never look back on life and think, “I spent too much time with my kids.” – Unknown
The same can be said for our family members, our pets, our loved ones. It’s unlikely that we’ll ever regret the time we spend around the people we love, so let’s prioritize that time now. It’s not guaranteed tomorrow.