Applied Strategies for Creating Healthy Family Systems

In this course, Dr. Justin Coulson (Happy Families) presents practical examples of several typically-needed family systems in the context of seeing how families can experience greater clarity of purpose and priorities, supported by greater preparation. He brings forward Self-determination Theory, which holds that any system, in order to be sustaining, needs to help the individuals in it meet needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Family purpose/planning meetings, weekly check-in meetings, a system to make mornings smoother, and a system for peaceful, nurturing evenings all show how to lay a foundation of alignment with purpose and priorities, in which children are empowered because adequate preparation has addressed their needs.