Friends are great sources of inspiration when it comes to Love Vitamins. Our first podcast guests and amazing best friends Guneet & Ankit shared a practice called End of Week Cuddle (what a cute spin on end-of-week huddle!).
On their recent trip to visit us, we had the chance to share in their End of Week Cuddle Tradition, and it reminded me a lot about how Ansh and I Debrief at the end of a trip. Debriefs like their End of the Week Cuddle is a check-in practice for Partners to talk about what can go unspoken in a relationship. It’s an intentional space to reset the emotional barometer, to appreciate the good, and to take note of where there is still work to do.
Essentially, at the end of the week, they take a moment to reflect on what happened during the week, what went well, and what they want to work on.
Two important distinctions they made – that I LOVED – were to focus on the whole week, not just the weekend and to focus on what they could do better, not what didn’t work during the week.
The first distinction, focusing on the whole week, enables them to take into consideration the work week and the weekend, instead of just focusing on a few major highlights or feeling like the week is about work and the weekend is about play.
The second distinction, focusing on what they want to work on and what they can do better rather than what didn’t go well during the week enables them to keep a positive, progress-oriented spin on what they can do to continue creating forward momentum in their relationship rather than get bogged down with the doldrums of what isn’t right (which as we all know is very easy to do!)
What will you add to your End of the Week Cuddle?
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