Our successes in our lives, from the seemingly simple to the more elaborate successes, can all be attributed to what we do consistently. Noticing our inconsistencies in behaviour and thinking, can give us the insights needed to explore the opposing behaviour and thinking too. Figuring this out can offer us great clarity to change things for the better.
Read MoreThe third step is Communication. Communication ties the first two steps together nicely. It determines the type of connection we form with another person. It represents the moment to moment invitations we give to the other person for a particular level of trusting connection.
Read MoreAlthough many fruitful relationships have lasted a long time and weathered many storms and life experiences, this does not guarantee their quality. Long term relationships especially, require extra effort to maintain trust and to grow the relationship.
There is, however, no long term relationship that will ever last as long as the one you have with yourself.
Read MoreMany would claim the quality of a relationships is based on the level of trust they have with the other person. However, what many have not considered is that the quality of a relationship is how we connect through trust with the other. That is to say, trust isn’t the unbreakable entity that unites two people in a relationship, trust is the mode of connection that is chosen again and again.
Read MoreWhen I sit with my adult clients in a coaching session and we discuss their childhoods and their relationships with their parents, many say the same thing. “I know they loved me…in their own way, but I didn’t feel it all the time”. I always follow up with the question “so how do you know when you are being loved?” and that stumps them every single time. A standard answer is “because I feel good”
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