PAIRS Five Questions
Five questions for clarifying relationship expectations.
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Strengthen Goodwill
Strengthen Goodwill
Improve Communication
Improve Communication
No More Assumptions
No More Assumptions
Better Problem Solving
Better Problem Solving
We Can't Bond By Ourselves
We Can't Bond By Ourselves
Bonding (the combination of emotional and physical closeness with another person) is the only biologically-based need we can not meet by ourselves. That means meeting each other's bonding needs becomes the work of a relationship.
Download the Worksheet
Download the Worksheet
Prefer to practice or share your Daily Temperature Reading in writing? Although it's not the same as being together, sometimes it's the only option. Download this worksheet
to get started.
Virginia Satir
Virginia Satir
The original version of the Daily Temperature Reading was created by Virginia Satir.
PAIRS has evolved the exercise and shared it with thousands worldwide on behalf of a safer, saner, more loving world.
Virginia Satir was an American author and therapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy and her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy. She is widely regarded as the "Mother of Family Therapy." She was the founding, honorary chairwoman of PAIRS Foundation.
