MONTHLY MEETINGS
- Who could you help in your family?
- In which area they need help?
- How could you help them?
- Do you need to repair/improve your relationship with some member of your family?
- How could you do it?
The idea (it can be adjusted according to the needs) is to have one monthly meeting in which each individual talk about how he is doing (problems, good thigns happening to him/her, anything related to other members in the family, etc. Other individuals in the family can give him/her advice or ask any question. Some questions could be asked to help the other person to think instead of giving him solutions to his/her problems or areas of improvement.
The practical side is simple: Somebody to have a notebook to write some things. Each individual talk about whatever they want to talk, sharing whatever they want to share. Others can comment on something or ask some question. There could be an agenda about some topic to discuss or each individual can bring it out when they are talking about themselves, updating how they are.
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The practical side is simple: Somebody to have a notebook to write some things. Each individual talk about whatever they want to talk, sharing whatever they want to share. Others can comment on something or ask some question. There could be an agenda about some topic to discuss or each individual can bring it out when they are talking about themselves, updating how they are.
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In family meetings, we can discuss issues that affect individuals and/or the family.
On one side there could be topics that affect everybody, such as cleaning, tidying, cooking, food shopping, investing plans, big purchases, decisions that affect everybody, etc.
On the other side, there are issues that affect all individuals, such as "Health, money and love".
We could divide them into more areas:
Health: physical and mental
Money: shopping, budgeting, working, investing, saving, planning for the future
Love: friends, partner, family, community, society, etc.
We can discuss good/bad things that have been done, but also good/bad things that have not been done.
We can share advice to others about education, employment, etc. or interesting experiences, things we have learnt, etc.
We can share ideas, feelings (worries, hopes) and talk about projects we are involved, hobbies, etc.
We can discuss issues about behaviour, things that we are happy about or things we would like others to change.
At the end there could be some action points about practical things that need to be done or plans to do.
For example: planning holidays, planning a weekend out, decorating the place, doing a rota about cleaning and other house chores, etc, doing specific actions for individuals, etc.
The idea of this meetings is for everybody to have an opportunity to express any type of issues as well as to contribute to help others in an environment of cordiality and not only to talk about things to improve but about things to celebrate, to praise, complimenting individuals for things they have done or to share their happiness and motivation.
On one side there could be topics that affect everybody, such as cleaning, tidying, cooking, food shopping, investing plans, big purchases, decisions that affect everybody, etc.
On the other side, there are issues that affect all individuals, such as "Health, money and love".
We could divide them into more areas:
Health: physical and mental
Money: shopping, budgeting, working, investing, saving, planning for the future
Love: friends, partner, family, community, society, etc.
We can discuss good/bad things that have been done, but also good/bad things that have not been done.
We can share advice to others about education, employment, etc. or interesting experiences, things we have learnt, etc.
We can share ideas, feelings (worries, hopes) and talk about projects we are involved, hobbies, etc.
We can discuss issues about behaviour, things that we are happy about or things we would like others to change.
At the end there could be some action points about practical things that need to be done or plans to do.
For example: planning holidays, planning a weekend out, decorating the place, doing a rota about cleaning and other house chores, etc, doing specific actions for individuals, etc.
The idea of this meetings is for everybody to have an opportunity to express any type of issues as well as to contribute to help others in an environment of cordiality and not only to talk about things to improve but about things to celebrate, to praise, complimenting individuals for things they have done or to share their happiness and motivation.