The SYMBIS Assessment PlanSample

Marriage Mindset

Specialists in biofeedback call them “hot thoughts” – images of hot scenes, such as being in the desert or on a beach on a warm and sunny day. And they literally increase blood flow and warmth to cold hands and feet. Just conjuring a mental image amazingly determines your body’s temperature.

Mental imagery is also a practice that today’s top athletes are certainly using. Studies on everything from golf, to basketball, to swimming have revealed that those who use positive mental imagery consistently improve their performance. They have an arguable edge over athletes who don’t do this.

When we mentally rehearse running a marathon, for example, we are likely to evoke muscular changes without ever leaving our chair. Our blood pressure will go up, our brain waves will alter, our sweat glands will become active, all in the absence of physical activity.

Equally amazing, if not more so, is the power of picturing ourselves in general. Our self-image determines the level of joy and fulfillment we experience every day. And that self-image is created through our attitude and self-talk.

In the same way, everyone comes to the idea of marriage with a set of attitudes – a marriage mindset. This page of your SYMBIS Assessment reveals your marriage mindset and shows you how your two mindsets on marriage mesh.

As you consider the insights on this page, discuss how you might “take captive every thought” (II Corinthians 10:5), and be sure to reflect on how your two marriage mindsets can benefit your covenant of marriage together.

Are you reading the book Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts yet? If not, you can learn more here.