A concise guide to dealing with other people, living your best life and connecting in disonnected times.
Simplifying Relationships
jodyandrews,
Introduction
“Our greatest joy and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others.” –Stephen R. Covey
The trouble with relationships is other people. We have friends and neighbors, partners and lovers. We live in communities, we come from families, and we earn our living working with or for other people. This simple guide utilizes tools to help you determine if a relationship is healthy and offers solutions for change if necessary. It will also help you understand what might be keeping you stuck in a difficult situation and learn what to expect when dealing with transitions and loss. Ultimately you will learn the art of living well, how to flourish in life and form deeper connections with others.
Home is the place where if you have to go there they have to take you in. –Robert Frost Home should be a safe, soft place to land. For this to work, families must be accountable to the same three essentials – reciprocity, reliability and respect as anyone else. Yet we excuse…
I got divorced at Christmas. So I bought an electric train set and nailed it to the dining room table – because I could. –John Prine If your relationship is lacking more of the essentials than it is providing, it’s time to reconsider. You can do couples counseling. You can…
We don’t need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. —Taylor Swift Respect means taking into consideration the feelings, needs, thoughts, beliefs, wishes, boundaries, preferences, individual style and idosyncracies of the other. While this is a very big ask, it is critical to the health…
