“When you feel someone else getting defensive, change your words from those that put up walls to those that break them down. It’s a shift toward a connection mindset that opens up to more understanding and acknowledgment, rather than confrontation and the urge to win.”
― The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
― The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
“Children, especially highly sensitive children, can be wounded in multiple ways: by bad things happening, yes, but also by good things not happening, such as their emotional needs for attunement not being met,”
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
― The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of a different past.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“Stop seeing arguments as something to win but as an opportunity to understand the person behind the words. Stop hearing only what’s said and start hearing what’s felt. Build the discipline to connect to the person in front of you.”
― The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
― The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
“Rigid people are the most dangerous people. Because they don't know how to adapt, they become tethered to the one narrative they have created in their minds. They become unable to pivot so when life delivers a blow, it's almost impossible for them to recover.”
― Becoming Bulletproof: Life Lessons from a Secret Service Agent
― Becoming Bulletproof: Life Lessons from a Secret Service Agent
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