Prom[p]t Conversation

Lili has been my friend and, at times, my co-worker in the mental health field for the past 5+ years. She has been a staunch supporter of our Prom[p]t endeavor. It so happens her birthday falls right around our official launch date. So it wasn’t much of a stretch to know what to get her for her birthday. She has since payed it forward by purchasing sets for many of her friends, hosting parties at her home and attending expo events with me. Below she shares one of the many unique ways she is using her Journaling Set:

It was one of those Saturday evenings with my boyfriend where we were going to stay in. It wasn’t a pay day weekend and we were trying to save money by not going out. I was determined to not get sucked into another silly reality show and let my brain turn to mush. He was willing to try just hanging out and talking. If you knew anything about my boyfriend, you would know he’s a man of few words. Quiet and shy. Simple, not into deep conversations. Nope. That’s my department and I’m definitely the opposite of quiet and shy. Opposites attract right? Well I decided we should try my new Prom[p]t Journaling set together. I knew I wouldn’t get him to actually write in a journal but maybe I could get him to just talk. And I wasn’t trying to go all psychological assessment on him either, as I can definitely go there because that’s my background. I just wanted to prompt some deep stimulating conversation in a non-invasive manner. I don’t know if it was the full moon that night or my convincing hazel eyes (or probably the few beers we had) but he said “sure.” It was an impromptu in home date night! I let him pick a card first. It was a little bit of a hippy dippy one but I helped him interpret the meaning. Happily, he was open to communicating when prompted in a way that wasn’t necessarily “me” asking the question. It led him to share new things with me; and ultimately it showed me a little more about how his mind operates. I’m really grateful we discovered a new way to use my journal set and a new way to share with each other. It helped foster some intimacy between my boyfriend and I. I’m hoping he will be open to this again because it was definitely a night of fun, insight and growth in our relations!

Love,

Lili