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The Intimate Partner cards consist of questions that explore how childhood trauma, memories, and beliefs formed in your early years and past relationships influence you, shaping how you see yourself and how you demonstrate and receive love.
The questions help you see how your past is influencing your present and, therefore, allow you to release the grip your childhood and life experiences have on your intimate relationship.
Example of questions:
Question 1
Are you comfortable putting yourself first? Even in a relationship, loving and caring for yourself enables you to give more to your partner. Life is often busy and stressful, running around and dealing with many errands, chores and jobs. So, how do you not only rest but recharge? Do you have multiple ways to recharge? Do you set aside time to indulge in these? Could you indulge yourself more?
Question 2
You shape your reality, and your emotions influence both your world and relationships. Are there old habits repeating from past relationships that are coming between you? Your thoughts and feelings are powerful, and awareness is the key to change. Notice what you say, and how you feel afterwards. Are your opinions more positive or negative? Do your feelings carry the same weight as your partner's?
Question 3
Every relationship leaves an energetic imprint on you that shapes all of your other relationships.
When you reflect on your past relationships, do you recognise any patterns? From childhood crushes to long-term relationships, how have your romantic relationships shaped your view of love? What about your view of yourself? Are you repeating old relationship patterns and imposing those expectations on new or existing relationships? When did you form these expectations?
Question 4
How our parents behave in our presence, even behind closed doors, affects our relationships with others. When our definition of love is shaped by what we see from our parents, subconsciously, we might seek relationships replicating our parents' dynamic. How did your parents express their love for one another? Has what you witnessed impacted how you treat relationships now? How similar is your relationship to that of your parents?
