Brilliant no-fail relationship advice. I love that this is a very tangible “how to” for building and maintaining trust through identifying and sharing needs, desires & expectations while simultaneously honouring values & boundaries (one’s own + your partners). This goes beyond compromise which can so often leave one or both partners with frustrating unmet or half-met needs and lands in the territory of brave, vulnerable, soul-baring negotiations where both partners are heard and honoured, even when desires, needs, expectations cannot be fully met. Grief and forgiveness, I think, are the bridges employed in those territories—but that is something for another discussion.
I appreciate this piece so much. This could change the world!
I have a saying: It’s full trust or no trust. You can’t partially trust a partner.
Brilliant no-fail relationship advice. I love that this is a very tangible “how to” for building and maintaining trust through identifying and sharing needs, desires & expectations while simultaneously honouring values & boundaries (one’s own + your partners). This goes beyond compromise which can so often leave one or both partners with frustrating unmet or half-met needs and lands in the territory of brave, vulnerable, soul-baring negotiations where both partners are heard and honoured, even when desires, needs, expectations cannot be fully met. Grief and forgiveness, I think, are the bridges employed in those territories—but that is something for another discussion.
I appreciate this piece so much. This could change the world!