Best way to enhance your overall well-being, reduce stress, and even increase your longevity?
Improve your relationships
With your boss, partner, kids, brother, friends, or the new guy at work
... and especially the one you have with yourself ✨
Here's how:
✨ I N S P I R E
"We expect professional and financial success to require time and effort. Why do we take success in our relationships for granted?"
– Eknath Easwaran
✨ R E F L E C T
These tips don't necessarily take a lot of time (in fact most don't), but they do require intention and care
You make time for the things that matter
Let improving your relationships be one of them
✨ T H R I V E
15 Strategies to Improve Your Relationships:
1 --> Improve your relationship with yourself
𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 ✨
2 --> Full body listening: undivided attention to the speaker
3 --> Express genuine and specific appreciation
4 --> Show up - be there for the important things
5 --> Celebrate successes and milestones
6 --> Address conflicts promptly and constructively
7 --> Do something scary together to boost bonding
8 --> Ask about interests, “Ooh! Tell me more about your model car”
9 --> Offer help without expectation of anything in return
10 --> Set, communicate, and uphold boundaries
11 --> Forgive past mistakes, let go of grudges
12 --> Keep promises and commitments
13 --> Learn something new together
14 --> Say I’m sorry... and mean it
15 --> Laugh often
𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗦 ~ A FAV of mine from Tara Brach to boost compassion/ connection:
Ask yourself “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦?” when you're talking to someone (maybe when struggling to understand their perspective)
Feel yourself soften to the truth of who they are
Please try this (today) 💛
PS ~ These ALL apply to the relationship you have with yourself
See #'s 3, 11, & 12 especially
Love,
Carolyn 💛
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