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The Kitchen

VIDEO TIPS - The KitchenThe kitchen is where everyone in the house gathers around the table for sorting chores, catching up and connecting. It’s what we call “emotional nourishment” because along with the toast and coffee in the morning, it’s through these conversations and logistics of who does what that we “feed” each other and replenish our family bonds, one meal at a time.

Sharing Stories

Here are a few of the shared stories in the book and you’ll find strategies for working on them there too. 

  • My husband doesn’t do Jack. I can’t stand how tired I feel.
  • Cooking is like sex for me. I only cook for someone I want to please.
  • Saturday should be the best day of the week. Instead I get into a snit.
  • I wish my boyfriend would get his file cabinet out of my space.
  • When I was a kid we had these amazing pancake mornings.
  • Why doesn’t he listen? It’s like he doesn’t hear anything I say.
  • Soulmate or helpmate? Sometimes I feel like I’m just the maid.
  • My husband is so helpless. I call him the 60 year old toddler.
  • I’m a neat freak and proud of it. I need to control my surroundings.
  • My to do list never ends. If it did I don’t know what I’d do with myself.

Now we’d love to hear some of your own ”kitchen” stories. Think of them as seeds (of discontent) that make you want to change something going on in your life. The first step to any meaningful shift is to recognize what is wrong, or what is bringing you down (the seed) and then trying out a new approach or strategy (we call it a key process). You can share in the Key Processes section and let others know how it went. If it was a winner or you “cleaned up” the mess, you will have a takeaway idea (a pearl) and we encourage you to post your pearl for others to see.

 

 

 

Learn About Other Rooms

The Attic, the Office, the Bathroom, the Kid's Room, the Bedroom, the Family Room, the Kitchen, the Living Room, the Basement, the Tenth Room, and the Epilogue all have learning pages. Feel free to catch up and brush off your rooms before you begin the discussion.