Emotional Wake Up Call - Teal Swan-
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0:39 - 0:41Hello there ...
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0:41 - 0:43You have heard it before,
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0:44 - 0:47'In order for you to
live a healthy life, ' -
0:47 - 0:49'you have to have a healthy a life '
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0:49 - 0:52'on the level of Body, Mind and Soul.'
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0:53 - 0:56These pillars have long
been considered the pillars -
0:56 - 0:59of a healthy and complete life.
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0:59 - 1:03But what if I was to tell you
that we got it all wrong? -
1:03 - 1:05When we think of soul
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1:05 - 1:09we think of the soul as an
etheric or intangible energy. -
1:09 - 1:13Likewise, because of the
ethereal, intangible nature -
1:13 - 1:15of feelings and emotions,
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1:15 - 1:17(which we do not understand)
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1:17 - 1:19we call them 'Soul'.
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1:19 - 1:21This is why, all advice
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1:21 - 1:23about how to feed
and heal your soul, -
1:23 - 1:27is in fact designed to help
you emotionally feel better. -
1:27 - 1:31In truth, our soul-aspect
is innately healthy. -
1:31 - 1:33It cannot be in an unhealthy state.
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1:33 - 1:36Soul, which is pre-manifested energy,
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1:36 - 1:40creates feelings and creates
mind and creates body. -
1:40 - 1:44All three levels of a person are,
in fact, comprised of Soul. -
1:44 - 1:47A body is a soul projecting
itself physically. -
1:47 - 1:49A mind is a soul
projecting itself mentally. -
1:49 - 1:53Feeling is a soul
consciously perceiving. -
1:53 - 1:57Because of this, we could look
at it in one of two ways. -
1:57 - 2:00The first is that the
three pillars of health -
2:00 - 2:03are Body, Mind and Emotion.
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2:03 - 2:07The second is that emotion
is the language of the soul. -
2:07 - 2:09If you choose to see it this way,
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2:09 - 2:12then the key to what people
are calling Soul Health -
2:12 - 2:15is your Emotional Health.
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2:15 - 2:17Part of Emotional Health
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2:17 - 2:18is the conscious acknowledgement
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2:18 - 2:21of our non-corporeal Consciousness
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2:21 - 2:24which we could call Spirit or Soul.
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2:24 - 2:25When we use the word 'Soul'
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2:25 - 2:28we are referring to the
core-aspect of someone's being. -
2:28 - 2:31This is why the word
'Soul' and the word 'Heart' -
2:31 - 2:33are interchangeable.
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2:33 - 2:36It's why you might hear
someone who's talking about -
2:36 - 2:38their core-aspect,
their 'Soul', saying: -
2:38 - 2:43"I know it in my heart that _____"
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2:43 - 2:48This is an acknowledgement that we know
that at the core-aspect of our being -
2:48 - 2:50our experience, here on earth,
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2:50 - 2:54is not physical, it is emotional.
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2:54 - 2:55When we first come into this life
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2:55 - 2:59we experience the world
entirely through felt perception. -
2:59 - 3:02We feel the world before
we see the world. -
3:02 - 3:04Feeling and Emotion is not only
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3:04 - 3:06the heart of your
life here on earth, -
3:06 - 3:09it is also the heart
of your relationships. -
3:09 - 3:12Because feeling and emotion
is the heart of relationships, -
3:12 - 3:15it is also where the
most damage is done. -
3:15 - 3:17I wanna step you, for
the sake of understanding, -
3:17 - 3:20into a historical look
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3:20 - 3:24at relationships and how
emotions play into relationships. -
3:24 - 3:26Over the centuries,
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3:26 - 3:29our ideas about the good
and bad ways to raise children -
3:29 - 3:31have changed drastically.
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3:31 - 3:32For example:
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3:32 - 3:37In medieval days, childhood
did not really exist. -
3:37 - 3:39As soon as a child
could physically manage, -
3:39 - 3:40they were put to work.
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3:40 - 3:44Often in roles that would
be seen today as slavery. -
3:44 - 3:45Children were not
seen as pure, -
3:45 - 3:47in fact, they were seen as Evil!
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3:47 - 3:50And the extraordinary
corporal punishment used, -
3:50 - 3:54which was, of course, considered
normal and commonplace, -
3:54 - 3:57was used to grant a child
salvation and goodness. -
3:57 - 4:01In this era, even in the most
aristocratic households, -
4:01 - 4:04instead of valuing and
adoring their child, -
4:04 - 4:06some parents took to
despising their own children -
4:06 - 4:08and deliberately belittling
and abusing them -
4:08 - 4:11thinking it was, in fact,
for their own good. -
4:11 - 4:14In the late 1600s,
history saw the birth -
4:14 - 4:17of the Punishment &
Reward style of parenting. -
4:17 - 4:20Instead of pure corporal punishment,
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4:20 - 4:22philosopher John Locke suggested
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4:22 - 4:24that the better way of
training a child to be good -
4:24 - 4:26would be to withdraw
approval and affection -
4:26 - 4:30by 'disgracing' a child
when they are bad -
4:30 - 4:32and to 'esteem' the child
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4:32 - 4:34by rewarding the child with
approval and affection -
4:34 - 4:36when they were good.
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4:36 - 4:39I want you to sit in this
realization for a minute, -
4:39 - 4:41of what I have just said.
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4:42 - 4:45It took parents until the 1600s
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4:45 - 4:49to come up with the idea
of Reward & Punishment ... -
4:49 - 4:53Now, the Reward & Punishment
style of parenting we now know, -
4:53 - 4:55is incredibly destructive.
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4:55 - 4:58One of the most destructive
parenting techniques -
4:58 - 4:59we have today.
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4:59 - 5:01Now in the 1600s,
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5:01 - 5:05Reward & Punishment was
a drastic improvement -
5:05 - 5:08upon how children were
parented before that ... -
5:09 - 5:12In the early 20th century,
not much had changed. -
5:12 - 5:15Child-rearing experts
still formally denounced -
5:15 - 5:17all romantic ideas
about childhood, -
5:17 - 5:20and advocated the formation
of proper habits -
5:20 - 5:21to discipline children.
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5:22 - 5:25In fact, in 1914 U.S.
Children's Bureau pamphlet -
5:25 - 5:27called 'Infant Care'
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5:27 - 5:28urged a strict schedule
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5:28 - 5:31and urged parents not
to play with their babies. -
5:31 - 5:35John B. Watson's 'Behaviorism'
argued that parents could -
5:35 - 5:37train their children by
rewarding good behavior -
5:37 - 5:39and punishing bad behavior
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5:39 - 5:41and by following precise schedules
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5:41 - 5:44for food, sleep and
other bodily functions. -
5:45 - 5:47Who could forget
the Bible proverb -
5:47 - 5:49that so many parents
have lived by -
5:49 - 5:51and still live by, today:
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5:51 - 5:54"Whoever spares the rod,
hates their children, -
5:54 - 5:56but the one who
loves their children -
5:56 - 5:59is careful to discipline them."
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6:00 - 6:03(as if discipline and corporal
punishment are one and the same!) -
6:03 - 6:05In the 20th Century,
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6:05 - 6:07corporal punishment began
to fall out of favor -
6:07 - 6:09in the Western World.
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6:09 - 6:11Many parents became
conscious enough to see -
6:11 - 6:15corporal punishment for
what it is - which is abuse. -
6:15 - 6:16And so today,
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6:16 - 6:19while sadly there are still pockets
of un-Conscious parents -
6:19 - 6:22that still abuse their children
in the name of discipline, -
6:22 - 6:24the larger majority in
the Western World -
6:24 - 6:26use parenting practices like time-outs
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6:26 - 6:28as a tool of discipline.
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6:28 - 6:31It is easy to look back
over time and say -
6:31 - 6:34that we were in the Dark Ages
when it came to parenting -
6:34 - 6:36but let me tell you,
that in the years to come, -
6:36 - 6:38the future will look
back at us today -
6:38 - 6:40and say the exact same thing -
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6:40 - 6:44that we are, in fact, in
the Dark Age of parenting. -
6:45 - 6:48Now, just as corporal
punishment has fallen out -
6:48 - 6:51as a favorable style of parenting,
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6:51 - 6:52I'm going to tell you today
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6:52 - 6:55that we are on the
edge of a revolution. -
6:55 - 6:58The revolution is
Emotional Parenting. -
6:58 - 7:02We are about to find out that
we are in the Dark Ages today -
7:02 - 7:03in terms of Emotional Parenting,
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7:03 - 7:06and that we are doing
the same kind of damage -
7:06 - 7:08on an emotional level,
to our children, -
7:08 - 7:11as the parents did on a physical
level and an emotional level -
7:12 - 7:13who were beating their children
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7:14 - 7:16in centuries that have passed.
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7:16 - 7:18I am here to tell you
that we have no idea -
7:18 - 7:22how to create a healthy emotional
climate in our households -
7:22 - 7:23for our children.
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7:24 - 7:27And there are, of course,
exceptions to this rule, -
7:27 - 7:29but by far, in today's
modern world, -
7:29 - 7:31the vast majority of
children are being raised -
7:31 - 7:34in unhealthy emotional environments.
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7:34 - 7:37And, in fact, the emotional
climate of the household -
7:37 - 7:41has not even factored into
good parenting, until today. -
7:42 - 7:45We are emerging from
the new Dark Age. -
7:45 - 7:49The Dark Age is the dark age
of Emotions and Feelings. -
7:49 - 7:51We are awakening to the idea
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7:51 - 7:55that it is possible to be a very
good parent on a physical level -
7:55 - 7:59while being a very bad
parent on an emotional level. -
7:59 - 8:02And this has vast implication,
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8:02 - 8:05because we have already addressed,
earlier in this episode, -
8:06 - 8:08that the very core
of our existence -
8:08 - 8:10is Feelings and Emotions.
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8:11 - 8:13So, if the emotional
climate of your household, -
8:13 - 8:14with your children,
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8:14 - 8:16is an unhealthy one,
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8:16 - 8:19then the core essence of someone's
Life and someone's Being -
8:19 - 8:21is an unhealthy one.
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8:22 - 8:22In today's world,
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8:22 - 8:26most parenting advice ignores
the world of emotion entirely. -
8:26 - 8:28It focuses on how to
correct misbehavior -
8:29 - 8:30whilst disregarding the feelings
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8:30 - 8:33that underlie and cause
that very misbehavior. -
8:33 - 8:36Regardless of how far
we have progressed, -
8:36 - 8:37the goal of parenting
is still to have -
8:37 - 8:39a compliant and obedient child,
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8:39 - 8:42not, to raise a healthy adult.
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8:42 - 8:46The goal is raise a
child who is 'good'. -
8:46 - 8:48Our Justice System takes
the exact same approach -
8:48 - 8:51with regards to misbehavior.
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8:51 - 8:53We are concerned with
correcting misbehavior -
8:53 - 8:54and creating good citizens
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8:54 - 8:56whilst being unconcerned
with the feelings -
8:56 - 8:59that motivate such misbehavior.
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8:59 - 9:02Good parenting involves emotion.
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9:02 - 9:05Good relationships involve emotion.
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9:06 - 9:10Today, most parents make
three crucial mistakes: -
9:11 - 9:15No.1 is that they disregard or
dismiss their child's emotions, -
9:15 - 9:19No.2 is that they disapprove
of their child's emotions, -
9:19 - 9:22No.3 is they offer no
guidance to a child -
9:22 - 9:25so that they can get through
their negative emotions. -
9:26 - 9:29The parent who disapproves
of their child's emotions -
9:29 - 9:32is critical of their child's
display of negative emotion -
9:32 - 9:36and reprimand or punish
for emotional-expression. -
9:37 - 9:40The parent who dismisses
their child's emotions, -
9:40 - 9:43disregards them as unimportant,
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9:43 - 9:45ignores their child's emotions,
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9:45 - 9:48or, worse, trivializes
their child's emotions. -
9:48 - 9:50And the parent who
offers no guidance -
9:50 - 9:52may empathize with
their child's emotions -
9:52 - 9:54but does not set
limits on behavior -
9:54 - 9:57or assist the child in
understanding and coping -
9:57 - 9:58with their own emotion.
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9:58 - 10:01To give you an example of how this
works out in practical terms: -
10:01 - 10:04Imagine that William does
not want to go to school, -
10:04 - 10:07and begins to cry when his parents
make him go to school. -
10:07 - 10:10The disapproving parent
might scold William -
10:10 - 10:11for his refusal to cooperate ...
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10:11 - 10:12The disapproving parent
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10:12 - 10:14may resort to calling him a brat
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10:14 - 10:16and punishing him in some way
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10:16 - 10:18with time alone or with a spanking ...
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10:18 - 10:21The dismissive parent may
brush off William's emotions -
10:21 - 10:22by saying 'That's silly ... '
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10:22 - 10:25'There's no reason to be
sad about going to school. ' -
10:25 - 10:27'Now turn that frown upside down!' ...
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10:27 - 10:30The dismissive parent may even
resort to distracting William -
10:30 - 10:32from his emotions
by giving him a cookie -
10:32 - 10:35or pointing out a cow in a
field on their way to school. -
10:35 - 10:37The parent who
offers no guidance -
10:37 - 10:39may behave in an apathetic
way towards William -
10:39 - 10:41by telling him that it's okay
to feel sad or scared. -
10:41 - 10:43But that parent would
not continue on -
10:43 - 10:47to help William decide what to do
with his uncomfortable feelings. -
10:47 - 10:49Instead, they would
leave him in a space -
10:49 - 10:51where he feels as if his emotions
are an all-consuming force -
10:51 - 10:53that he is powerless to.
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10:53 - 10:56Children who are raised in
unhealthy emotional environments -
10:56 - 10:58are not able to soothe themselves.
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10:58 - 11:01They also tend to
develop health problems. -
11:01 - 11:02On top of this,
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11:02 - 11:05children who are raised in
unhealthy emotional environments -
11:05 - 11:07fail to emotionally connect
with their family. -
11:07 - 11:09They often feel as if
they do not belong. -
11:09 - 11:12They fail to develop intimacy
with their families -
11:12 - 11:15and as a result, they
feel isolated and alone. -
11:15 - 11:17This, of course, carries
on into adulthood. -
11:17 - 11:19They grow into adults
who are not capable -
11:19 - 11:21of managing their emotion.
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11:21 - 11:23They grow into adults who
feel as if they don't belong. -
11:23 - 11:26They grow into adults who struggle
to make relationships work. -
11:26 - 11:28They develop co-dependent relationships
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11:28 - 11:30and they develop a need,
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11:30 - 11:33while simultaneously, an
extreme fear of intimacy. -
11:34 - 11:36In my personal opinion,
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11:36 - 11:40the number one cause of psychopathy
and sociopathy in adults -
11:40 - 11:45is, in fact, an unhealthy emotional
environment in childhood. -
11:45 - 11:46Now, keep in mind,
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11:46 - 11:48that the majority of
people who study -
11:48 - 11:51the causes of psychopathy and sociopathy
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11:51 - 11:53are looking around in people's pasts
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11:53 - 11:56for overt signs of abuse.
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11:56 - 12:00It is much more easy to
recognize overt signs of abuse, -
12:00 - 12:03much more difficult to recognize
unhealthy emotional patterns -
12:03 - 12:05in childhood environments.
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12:06 - 12:08Many of the serial killers
and school shooters -
12:08 - 12:11who reportedly came
from 'healthy' homes -
12:11 - 12:14did not, in fact, come
from healthy homes at all. -
12:14 - 12:16They came from physically
healthy homes -
12:16 - 12:17where they were
fed and clothed -
12:17 - 12:19and given many advantages, even.
-
12:19 - 12:21but underneath that
lovely-looking exterior -
12:21 - 12:23was extreme emotional dysfunction.
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12:23 - 12:25Emotional dysfunction
that disabled them -
12:25 - 12:28from connecting with other people.
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12:28 - 12:31Emotional dismissal and
emotional disapproval -
12:31 - 12:33are forms of emotional abuse.
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12:34 - 12:36But the future will soon teach us
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12:36 - 12:38to never underestimate
emotional dismissal, -
12:38 - 12:41emotional disapproval
and emotional abuse. -
12:41 - 12:42In my opinion,
-
12:42 - 12:45(having experienced all the
different forms of abuse) -
12:45 - 12:47emotional abuse is the very worst,
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12:47 - 12:49and also, the hardest to heal from.
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12:51 - 12:53But now we come to the
most damaging aspect -
12:53 - 12:55of emotional dismissal or
emotional disapproval -
12:56 - 12:59when it's given from
an adult to their child. -
13:00 - 13:03When emotional disapproval
or emotional dismissal -
13:03 - 13:05is shown to a child,
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13:05 - 13:08the child begins to trust
the parent's estimation -
13:08 - 13:11of whatever event has caused
them to be displeased, -
13:11 - 13:13instead of their own.
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13:13 - 13:14They lose faith in themselves,
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13:14 - 13:17they lose trust in themselves,
and most of all, -
13:17 - 13:19they believe there is something
wrong with them. -
13:19 - 13:22When emotional dysfunction
rules the relationship -
13:22 - 13:24the child learns that
they have no right -
13:24 - 13:25to feel how they feel.
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13:25 - 13:28In short, they learn that it is wrong
to feel the way that they feel. -
13:28 - 13:30Now here's the crux:
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13:30 - 13:31The child believes,
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13:31 - 13:33that if it is wrong to
feel the way they feel, -
13:33 - 13:36but that they feel that way,
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13:36 - 13:39something is wrong
with them, specifically. -
13:39 - 13:42If I were to choose one
single thing that is wrong -
13:42 - 13:44with the Mental Health industry today,
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13:44 - 13:46is that there's this popular idea
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13:46 - 13:48that there's a way people should feel.
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13:48 - 13:50And that if they don't feel that way
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13:50 - 13:52that something has gone wrong.
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13:52 - 13:54Psychiatrists' offices are full of people
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13:54 - 13:58who were raised in an
emotionally dysfunctional home! -
13:58 - 13:59These people grew
up to believe -
13:59 - 14:01that there is something
wrong with them -
14:01 - 14:04because they 'shouldn't
feel how they feel', -
14:04 - 14:06when the actuality is
that they should feel -
14:06 - 14:08exactly how they feel.
-
14:09 - 14:11They have perfect
and sound reason -
14:11 - 14:14to feel exactly that way,
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14:14 - 14:17and the idea that something
is 'wrong' with them -
14:17 - 14:19is a fallacy.
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14:19 - 14:20A fallacy that is the by-product
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14:20 - 14:24of having their emotions
invalidated again and again. -
14:25 - 14:28This is in fact, one of the
key-causes of anxiety. -
14:28 - 14:34Anxiety is caused so often by
self-doubt and self-distrust. -
14:34 - 14:37Distrusting yourself and
having doubt in yourself -
14:37 - 14:39causes fear of the Self.
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14:39 - 14:41As a result, you're trying to
find any way that you can -
14:41 - 14:43to escape from yourself
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14:43 - 14:47because you feel like you
shouldn't feel how you feel. -
14:48 - 14:51I had to go into this background
story (as per usual) -
14:51 - 14:52because without that understanding,
-
14:52 - 14:55you can't understand
how you got to the place -
14:55 - 14:57in relationships that you're in today.
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14:57 - 14:58Long-story short,
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14:58 - 15:00because this is the
emotional environment -
15:00 - 15:02you were raised with
in your childhoods, -
15:02 - 15:04you have no idea
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15:04 - 15:07how to emotionally relate
with people as an adult. -
15:07 - 15:10And the same rules apply.
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15:11 - 15:15We fail to develop true
intimacy with one another -
15:15 - 15:18so often, because we dismiss
each other's emotions. -
15:18 - 15:21We disapprove of
each other's feelings. -
15:21 - 15:24We tell other people
how they should feel. -
15:24 - 15:27We have no patience with the
emotional needs of others. -
15:27 - 15:30We see emotions and
feelings as weakness. -
15:30 - 15:34We call people who display
emotions 'too sensitive'. -
15:35 - 15:36For the sake of your understanding,
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15:36 - 15:38I want to give you three examples
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15:38 - 15:41of adult relationships that
are emotionally dysfunctional. -
15:41 - 15:44«laughs»
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15:45 - 15:47A woman goes to
lunch with her friend. -
15:47 - 15:50She is disappointed because she
did not get promoted at work -
15:50 - 15:52like she thought she would.
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15:52 - 15:55Her friend tells her that
she is just being negative, -
15:55 - 15:57that she needs to look
on the bright side and see -
15:57 - 16:00that all she's doing is
creating more disappointment -
16:00 - 16:03in her reality because she
is so negatively focused. -
16:03 - 16:052. A husband gets
home late from work. -
16:05 - 16:08His wife starts crying the
minute he walks in the door. -
16:08 - 16:10The husband sees her crying
and immediately says: -
16:10 - 16:13"You always over-react!
I was only half an hour late. " -
16:13 - 16:16"Maybe you're just menopausal.
In fact, you need professional help." -
16:16 - 16:19and then withdraws to
his office to watch television. -
16:19 - 16:223. A man is facing divorce.
-
16:22 - 16:24He tells his friends
about what is going on -
16:24 - 16:26and they convince him
to join them at the bar. -
16:26 - 16:28When he shows up, none
of them acknowledge -
16:28 - 16:29that he's, in fact, going
through a difficult time -
16:29 - 16:31emotionally with his relationship.
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16:31 - 16:34Instead, they encourage him to
not think about it, have a drink, -
16:34 - 16:38watch the sports game, and
look at pretty girls at the bar. -
16:38 - 16:40Regardless of whether it is a friendship
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16:40 - 16:42or a romantic relationship,
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16:42 - 16:46feelings and emotions are
the heart are the core, -
16:46 - 16:48of that particular relationship,
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16:48 - 16:50(if it is supposed to be
a meaningful relationship, -
16:50 - 16:52instead of a surface-y one)
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16:52 - 16:56Without a healthy and
deep emotional connection, -
16:56 - 16:59and an emotional-feeling
relationship, -
16:59 - 17:02that 'relationship' is not,
in fact, a relationship, -
17:02 - 17:05it's a social arrangement.
-
17:05 - 17:08Intimacy is not about Sex.
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17:08 - 17:12It is true that Sex can be
the by-product of intimacy, -
17:12 - 17:17but intimacy is about being
seen for who you really are, -
17:17 - 17:20and seeing someone
for who they really are. -
17:20 - 17:22It's me being able to take the totality
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17:22 - 17:24of the truth of who I am to you,
-
17:24 - 17:28and being received by you,
for the truth of who I am, -
17:28 - 17:31without you needing to change me.
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17:31 - 17:34It's you being able to bring the
truth of who you are to me, -
17:34 - 17:38and me being able to see and
receive the truth of who you are -
17:38 - 17:42without me trying to
change and manipulate you. -
17:42 - 17:44It's meeting at the Heart-centre
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17:44 - 17:47which is the birthplace for empathy.
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17:47 - 17:51It's the birthplace for connection
and for closeness. -
17:51 - 17:54I have said it before and
I'm going to say it again: -
17:54 - 17:57the word Intimacy can be
broken down to -
17:57 - 17:59'In To Me, See'.
-
17:59 - 18:04The most important part about
intimacy, is to see into one another. -
18:04 - 18:06To see into one's truth,
-
18:06 - 18:10and one's truth is represented
in feelings and emotions. -
18:10 - 18:13Feelings and emotions
is the absolute core -
18:13 - 18:15of your reality and your experience,
-
18:15 - 18:19and so it's the very most
important part of intimacy. -
18:19 - 18:23The bottom-line is:
emotions and feelings matter. -
18:23 - 18:26We must see the importance
and value in each other's feelings. -
18:26 - 18:28We must show respect
for each other's emotions. -
18:28 - 18:32We must listen for the
emotions behind the words. -
18:32 - 18:35We must open ourselves
to and offer understanding. -
18:35 - 18:37Statements of acknowledgement
and understanding -
18:37 - 18:40should always precede advice.
-
18:40 - 18:42If you tell someone
how they should feel -
18:42 - 18:44you are teaching them
to distrust themselves. -
18:44 - 18:47You are teaching them that there
is something wrong with them. -
18:47 - 18:50It is the way that we deal
with our negative emotions -
18:50 - 18:55that dictates how healthy or
unhealthy our relationships may be. -
18:55 - 18:56For most of us,
-
18:56 - 18:58the way we're dealing with
our positive emotions -
18:58 - 19:00are already working for us.
-
19:00 - 19:03It's the negative emotions we
have the most resistance to. -
19:03 - 19:04For that reason,
-
19:04 - 19:07I'm gonna outline for you
some concrete steps -
19:07 - 19:09which can help us
-
19:09 - 19:12when relating to other
people's negative emotions. -
19:12 - 19:15Now, this goes for both
children and adults. -
19:15 - 19:19And it's solid gold when
it comes to relationships! -
19:19 - 19:24No.1: To become aware of
the other person's emotion. -
19:26 - 19:29No.2: To care about the
other person's emotion -
19:29 - 19:34by seeing it as valid and important.
-
19:34 - 19:40No.3: To listen, empathetically,
to the other person's emotion -
19:40 - 19:44in an attempt to understand
the way they feel. -
19:44 - 19:46This allows them to feel
safe to be vulnerable -
19:46 - 19:48without fear of judgment.
-
19:49 - 19:53i.e. seek to understand,
instead of to agree. -
19:54 - 19:59No.4: To acknowledge and
validate their feelings. -
20:00 - 20:02This may include helping
them to find words -
20:02 - 20:04to label their emotion.
-
20:04 - 20:07To acknowledge and
validate a person's feelings -
20:07 - 20:09we do not need to validate
-
20:09 - 20:12that the thoughts that they have
about their emotions are correct. -
20:12 - 20:15Instead, we need to let them know
-
20:15 - 20:19that it is a valid thing to
feel the way that they feel. -
20:19 - 20:20For example:
-
20:20 - 20:23If our friend says "I feel useless",
-
20:23 - 20:26we do not validate them by saying:
-
20:26 - 20:29"You know, you're right!
You are useless ..." -
20:29 - 20:31Instead, we could validate
them by saying: -
20:31 - 20:35"I can totally see how that
would make you feel useless, " -
20:35 - 20:38"and I would feel the
same way if I were you." -
20:38 - 20:42No.5: To allow the person
to feel how they feel -
20:42 - 20:45and to experience their emotion fully
-
20:45 - 20:48before moving towards
any kind of improvement -
20:48 - 20:50in the way that they feel.
-
20:51 - 20:53We need to give them
the permission -
20:53 - 20:56to decide when they are ready
to move up the vibrational scale -
20:56 - 20:58and into a different emotion.
-
20:58 - 21:02We cannot impose our idea
of when they should be ready -
21:02 - 21:04or when they should
be able to feel different, -
21:04 - 21:05onto them.
-
21:05 - 21:07This is the step where we practice
-
21:07 - 21:11Unconditional Presence for
someone, and Unconditional Love. -
21:11 - 21:14We are there as support
without trying to 'fix' them. -
21:14 - 21:17Do not be offended if they
don't accept your support -
21:17 - 21:18at this time.
-
21:18 - 21:21There is a benevolent power
inherent in offering. -
21:21 - 21:23That is Love, in and of itself,
-
21:23 - 21:27regardless of what someone
does or doesn't do with it. -
21:27 - 21:30No.6: After, and only after,
-
21:30 - 21:33their feelings have been
validated and acknowledged -
21:33 - 21:35and fully felt,
-
21:35 - 21:37help the other person
to strategize ways -
21:37 - 21:39to manage the reactions
-
21:39 - 21:41they might be having to their emotion.
-
21:41 - 21:45This is the step where you can assert
new ways of looking at the situation -
21:45 - 21:48that may improve the way
the other person is feeling. -
21:48 - 21:50This is where advice can be offered.
-
21:51 - 21:53Now we come to one of
the most important steps -
21:54 - 21:57when it comes to emotional
health within relationships. -
21:58 - 22:00You are in a relationship
with yourself. -
22:00 - 22:04That means you have to
validate your own emotions. -
22:04 - 22:06You have to stop
dismissing your emotions -
22:06 - 22:09you have to stop
disapproving of your emotions, -
22:09 - 22:11you have to stop expecting yourself
-
22:11 - 22:14to feel differently
than you actually feel. -
22:14 - 22:17In order to have emotional health,
-
22:17 - 22:20you have to apply the 6
previous steps I've just outlined, -
22:20 - 22:22to yourself, first.
-
22:23 - 22:26Aside from the way that you
manage negative emotions, -
22:26 - 22:29here are some steps which
can help you to create -
22:29 - 22:32a healthy emotional environment
within your relationships. -
22:32 - 22:36No.1: Express your love
to the other person. -
22:37 - 22:40You can express your love by
reaching out to touch them. -
22:41 - 22:44Many people are touch-starved
inside this modern world -
22:44 - 22:45that we're living in,
-
22:45 - 22:48because there's so much
separation between us. -
22:49 - 22:52You could express your
love through a gift. -
22:52 - 22:54By giving a gift to someone,
-
22:54 - 22:57they are understanding that you
care enough about them -
22:57 - 22:59to think about them,
-
22:59 - 23:01and then procure something for them,
-
23:01 - 23:04and then, give that something to them.
-
23:04 - 23:06You could choose to show
your love to someone -
23:06 - 23:09by spending quality time with them.
-
23:09 - 23:11Where your focus is undivided,
-
23:12 - 23:13and you're looking at them,
-
23:13 - 23:14trying to understand them,
-
23:14 - 23:16trying to connect with them.
-
23:17 - 23:20You can show your love to someone
-
23:20 - 23:22by serving someone:
-
23:22 - 23:25Offering to help them
with the dishes ... -
23:25 - 23:28Offering them to help them
with a project or moving ... -
23:29 - 23:33You can help someone by
showing them appreciation -
23:33 - 23:36or giving them some
form of affirmation - -
23:36 - 23:38giving them a compliment.
-
23:39 - 23:43There are many ways that you
can show love to someone. -
23:44 - 23:47One of the main reasons why
we have emotional deprivation -
23:47 - 23:48in our childhood experience
-
23:48 - 23:50and, in our current relationships,
-
23:50 - 23:53is that we are restrictive
when it comes to our love, -
23:53 - 23:55we're stingy with our love,
-
23:55 - 23:58we don't overtly demonstrate it
and give it to other people. -
23:59 - 24:01By being demonstrative in our love
-
24:01 - 24:04and by offering our love
-
24:04 - 24:05to other people
-
24:05 - 24:07we enable them to feel emotionally
-
24:07 - 24:09safe and loved and valued by us.
-
24:09 - 24:12But, make sure that when you
go to express your love to someone, -
24:12 - 24:14you're doing it for
the right reasons, -
24:14 - 24:17not because you're wanting
something from them. -
24:17 - 24:19No.2: Never ignore their presence.
-
24:19 - 24:21There are very few things that
are more emotionally hurtful -
24:21 - 24:23than being treated
like you don't exist. -
24:23 - 24:25Even if you're angry
at the moment, -
24:25 - 24:27it's no reason to give
the cold-shoulder -
24:27 - 24:29to the person who loves you.
-
24:29 - 24:33No.3: This tip goes hand-in-hand
with the last one. -
24:33 - 24:36Do not physically or emotionally
withdraw from them, -
24:36 - 24:38especially during a conflict.
-
24:38 - 24:41People who are afraid of
intimacy and connection -
24:41 - 24:44and thus, vulnerability, tend
to cope with those feelings -
24:44 - 24:46by becoming an island unto themselves.
-
24:46 - 24:50They become emotionally unavailable
and disconnect from the other person -
24:50 - 24:51as a defense.
-
24:51 - 24:55To withdraw in a relationship is
to commit emotional-divorce. -
24:56 - 24:58and the number one
symptom of withdrawal -
24:58 - 25:00is the lack of communication.
-
25:01 - 25:03That being said, we are
led to our next Tip. -
25:04 - 25:09Tip No.4: Communicate,
Communicate & Communicate! -
25:10 - 25:13When we have committed
to a relationship, -
25:13 - 25:16we have committed
to communication. -
25:16 - 25:18And you are communicating
-
25:18 - 25:20whether you're doing
it verbally or not, -
25:20 - 25:21because the majority
of communication -
25:22 - 25:24is taking place through
your body language. -
25:25 - 25:27Communication is a
huge part of connection. -
25:28 - 25:30Do not suppress your emotions
-
25:30 - 25:34and try to avoid, deny, dismiss
or numb them away -
25:34 - 25:35through distraction.
-
25:35 - 25:38We need to be willing to
acknowledge our own emotion -
25:38 - 25:41and communicate it in
healthy ways to our partner. -
25:41 - 25:44When we are confused
about how to do this, -
25:44 - 25:46a helpful tip is to take the
thoughts we're having -
25:46 - 25:49and imagine bringing them
down to our Heart-space -
25:49 - 25:51and then speaking from there.
-
25:51 - 25:54This technique is called
'Speaking From The Heart'. -
25:54 - 25:58When we do this, we tend to
be more willingly vulnerable -
25:58 - 25:59and thus, more Authentic,
-
25:59 - 26:01and less defensive and attacking
-
26:01 - 26:02in our communication-style.
-
26:04 - 26:06Put your feelings into words.
-
26:06 - 26:09There is almost nothing
worse for a relationship -
26:09 - 26:12than remaining silent
about how you are feeling. -
26:12 - 26:15Not communicating how you're feeling
-
26:15 - 26:17creates a canyon between
you and your partner. -
26:17 - 26:20They can feel when you
are emotionally upset. -
26:20 - 26:24If you are not talking or if you
are denying the way you feel, -
26:24 - 26:26when they can feel that
you're emotionally upset, -
26:26 - 26:30it makes the other person
feel crazy and confused. -
26:30 - 26:33We need to be willing to
acknowledge our emotions -
26:33 - 26:35and communicate that to our partner,
-
26:35 - 26:37in healthy ways.
-
26:37 - 26:39If we're confused about how to do this,
-
26:39 - 26:42we can take what we're
feeling and our emotions -
26:42 - 26:44(what we're thinking about those things)
-
26:44 - 26:48and we can imagine putting
them down to our heart space -
26:48 - 26:50and then speaking
them from there. -
26:50 - 26:53This practice is called
'Speaking From The Heart' -
26:53 - 26:56and it can be really valuable
when it comes to creating -
26:56 - 27:00a healthy emotional environment
within any kind of relationship. -
27:00 - 27:04#5: If you make promises, follow through.
-
27:04 - 27:07If you say you're gonna
do something, do it. -
27:07 - 27:10You have to make
good on your word. -
27:10 - 27:15Doing other than this systematically
destroys trust in a relationship. -
27:15 - 27:18And the thing about emotional
health and relationships -
27:18 - 27:21is that trust is a big part of that.
-
27:21 - 27:26Admit to mistakes and commit
to changing the behavior. -
27:26 - 27:28Apologizing again and again,
-
27:28 - 27:30without really changing the behavior,
-
27:30 - 27:32sends the message that
you don't actually care -
27:32 - 27:34about how another person feels
-
27:34 - 27:37as much as you care about
getting them off your back -
27:37 - 27:38... temporarily ...
-
27:38 - 27:43This also, systematically destroys
trust within the relationship. -
27:43 - 27:46We have to actually take steps,
if we care about somebody -
27:46 - 27:49to not only apologize, but to
make the changes necessary -
27:49 - 27:51so that that same mistake
-
27:51 - 27:55or that same painful thing we
did to them, doesn't occur again. -
27:55 - 27:56That being said,
-
27:56 - 27:58an apology can go a very long way
-
27:58 - 28:01to create emotional
health in a relationship. -
28:01 - 28:05Tip No.7: Get a handle on your priorities.
-
28:05 - 28:07You have to know your priorities
-
28:07 - 28:10in order to develop a healthy
emotional relationship. -
28:10 - 28:13If you want a relationship
to feel good emotionally, -
28:13 - 28:16you're going to have to value
it enough to prioritize it. -
28:16 - 28:20There is no such thing as a
right priority or a wrong priority. -
28:20 - 28:22But if your work or hobbies
are a higher priority -
28:22 - 28:24than your relationships,
-
28:24 - 28:26chances are, your
relationships will suffer -
28:26 - 28:28because, if you have to
choose between them, -
28:28 - 28:30you'll choose your
work or your hobbies. -
28:30 - 28:33This will make the other person
feel unloved and insignificant. -
28:33 - 28:35It will also make the
other person feel -
28:35 - 28:38like it is unsafe to connect
emotionally with you. -
28:38 - 28:41When you are facing
a conflict of interest -
28:41 - 28:42between one thing
and another thing, -
28:42 - 28:44you need to be able
to consciously decide -
28:44 - 28:46where your priority is.
-
28:46 - 28:48In the healthiest relationships,
-
28:48 - 28:51the health of the relationship
and the way your partner feels -
28:51 - 28:54is the number one priority.
-
28:54 - 28:57Tip No.8: Encourage them!
-
28:57 - 29:00Encouraging people makes them
feel like they're not alone. -
29:00 - 29:05It's no longer the World-against-Them,
they have a team-mate. -
29:05 - 29:08Encouragement allows us to know
we have emotional support. -
29:08 - 29:11It is the opposite of criticism
and discouragement. -
29:11 - 29:14It builds a person up
instead of tears them down. -
29:14 - 29:17This also allows people
to be emotionally 'safe' -
29:17 - 29:20to share their dreams
and desires with us. -
29:20 - 29:25#9: Express your wants, needs
and expectations, clearly, -
29:25 - 29:27in a relationship.
-
29:27 - 29:29This is about healthy boundaries.
-
29:29 - 29:31In order to understand
healthy boundaries, -
29:31 - 29:35feel free to look up my
YouTube video titled: -
29:35 - 29:40Boundaries vs. Oneness
(How to Develop Healthy Boundaries) -
29:40 - 29:42It is not fair to keep the
other person guessing -
29:42 - 29:44about what you want and need.
-
29:44 - 29:47It is also not fair to expect
them to read your mind -
29:47 - 29:49by expecting things of them
that they are unaware of -
29:49 - 29:51and have not agreed to.
-
29:51 - 29:53It is also important to
take time to understand -
29:53 - 29:57the other person's wants,
needs and expectations. -
29:57 - 29:59Ask for what you want and need
-
29:59 - 30:01and encourage them to do the same.
-
30:01 - 30:03And assuming that their
wants and needs -
30:03 - 30:05don't conflict with your
wants and needs, -
30:05 - 30:07meet those needs and wants.
-
30:07 - 30:11Tip No.10: Laugh and play together.
-
30:11 - 30:15This is something which
most modern relationships -
30:15 - 30:17don't prioritize enough.
-
30:17 - 30:21Fun and laughter and play
have the capacity to bond us -
30:21 - 30:24in the same way that
experiencing intense struggle, -
30:24 - 30:27with a person, does.
-
30:27 - 30:29It can also be a powerful aphrodisiac
-
30:29 - 30:32for those of you that
are in relationships. -
30:32 - 30:34Prioritize doing things together
-
30:34 - 30:36that feel good and are exciting.
-
30:36 - 30:38It also ensures that
conflict and struggle -
30:38 - 30:41is not the undertone of the relationship.
-
30:41 - 30:44Tip No.11: Become an
expert on the people -
30:44 - 30:47that you're in a relationship with.
-
30:47 - 30:49Learn everything that
you can about them, -
30:49 - 30:52provided that you're
doing that for a good reason. -
30:52 - 30:55It's the heart of intimacy.
-
30:55 - 30:57The more you know about
a person's wants, -
30:57 - 31:00a person's needs,
a person's feelings, -
31:01 - 31:04the closer your relationship
with them can become. -
31:04 - 31:06Becoming an expert on another person
-
31:06 - 31:08will help you to make
the right choices -
31:08 - 31:10about how to interact
with that person, -
31:10 - 31:13so that the emotional environment
of the relationship -
31:13 - 31:15is healthy and supportive.
-
31:16 - 31:18It also helps us to be experts
-
31:18 - 31:21at loving them in the way
they feel the most loved. -
31:21 - 31:25Like all things, we need to
apply these tips to ourselves. -
31:25 - 31:29The one relationship you can't
end (except for/through death), -
31:29 - 31:32is the relationship between
you and yourself. -
31:32 - 31:34That means you have to
know what you want, -
31:34 - 31:36you have to know what you need,
-
31:36 - 31:38you have to know your expectations,
-
31:38 - 31:42you have to validate your
feelings, admit to them, -
31:42 - 31:44no longer dismiss them,
-
31:44 - 31:47no longer disapprove of them.
-
31:47 - 31:48That's the way to develop
-
31:48 - 31:51a healthy emotional
relationship with yourself. -
31:51 - 31:55Which is the heart of the relationship
between you and yourself. -
31:55 - 31:59Never be ashamed of how you feel.
-
31:59 - 32:01The way you feel is valid.
-
32:01 - 32:04If you're having an emotion,
there is always a good reason -
32:04 - 32:06why you are having that emotion,
-
32:06 - 32:10so don't let anyone tell you how
you should or should not feel. -
32:10 - 32:14You deserve to have a relationship
where feelings matter. -
32:14 - 32:17And the best way to
get into that relationship -
32:17 - 32:21is to decide that your
emotions matter, to you. -
32:21 - 32:24Have a good week.
-
33:07 - 33:11Subtitles by: David Soh & Tanya Duarte
- Title:
- Emotional Wake Up Call - Teal Swan-
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- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
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