Those we love deserve our best. Promoting healthy relationships through positive interactions with those we love is just a step away. Every valuable relationship has some areas where it could improve. Find insightful methods for improving your relationships.
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Nourishing Relationships Amidst Suffering |
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Written by Craig Bleak
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Monday, 22 December 2008 |
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As a young boy I thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of building a tree house with a hammer and nails. I can recall when helping my friend, Jon, build his tree house how I slammed my thumb so hard that I thought I would never approach that hobby again. I was hesitant to pick up that hammer but gradually I convinced myself that maybe if I tried a different approach I could avoid the pain. I found that if I tapped the nail into the wood first then I could hammer away without much threat to my fingers. In life, we can’t force anyone to stick their thumb beneath a raised hammer, even if they’re the ones raising the hammer and though doing so would mean they could build a better life. We often try and make direct correlations between our suffering and the factors we believe caused it so we can try and avoid similar experiences with pain and suffering from happening again. This often leads to the typical over generalizing of our pain and suffering in an attempt to avoid further suffering. Often we are forced to sit on the side lines as our loved ones pass through loneliness, sorrow and rejection, but there is often more we can do than watch…
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6 Steps to Promote Healthy Relationships |
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Written by Craig Bleak
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Despite having been given two ears and one mouth, most of us talk twice as fast and as often as we tend to listen. The tendency to compete to be understood FIRST usually leads us to escalating voice competitions, degrading words and destructive interactions. The desire to be first to be understood and accepted can create a corrosive poison that destroys the bonding elements of any relationship or interaction. It leaves mutual respect out of the picture so that I can pursue “me” and what “I” perceive and leaves no room for “we”. Pursuing a united “we” requires trust. If trust has been broken, then it must usually be repaired before a united “we” can be pursued.
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