It can be difficult to listen to someone express dissatisfaction with an open mind.
Instead of receiving the comments as a reflection of someone else’s feelings, we insert ourselves into the mix, imbuing their comments with accusation and expectation and responding with defensiveness.
Many parents today face a struggle in how to help their children develop a true sense of gratitude. Not just around the holidays, but throughout the rest of the year as well. One of the biggest ways to help your kids be grateful is to model gratitude yourself in your everyday life.
Gratitude and appreciation can be healing and increase your overall happiness. Research by psychologists recently has found that intentionally incorporating thankfulness into your life causes an improvement in mood and well-being. It’s a shift in the way you see things, and changes you from a glass half empty to a glass half full person. It sounds overly simplistic, but it really works.
When we combine honesty and kindness, we can develop a more empathetic understanding of others and have healthier relationships because we would have a more authentic and deeper connection.
Often, we hear about building and restoring trust. Have you ever thought to yourself, “That sounds easy enough, but how does trust work?”
Safe people connect with us in a way that is authentic and present, giving us the abilty to establish trust in the relationship and person.
It’s hard enough to address the challenges we recognize. How can we hope to overcome challenges of trust that hide in plain sight?
Most people readily agree that trust is an essential component of healthy relationships. But it can be a difficult concept to grasp, particularly if we’ve had limited exposure to healthy, trusting relationships.
It is typically hard for us to look within, but improving character discernment can be a game changer in your relationships and ability to trust.
When life is busy and full, but friendships are an important part of life…how do we juggle it? How do we stay close and connected?
