Status Updates From Trust: Knowing When to Give...

“When we fail to understand someone at a deep level, we unknowingly communicate that we are only interested in ourselves.”

“Not feeling known creates the sense that you can't trust someone because you realize they don't really know or 'get what matters to you. So, you never can really 'let go?"

"Trust goes far beyond honesty or ethics. It's about much more than knowing whether or not someone will lie to you. Trust is the confidence that someone will guard what is important to you, what you need, possess, or desire.”

the entire human nervous system and brain are wired to scan our environment and quickly assess each person with whom we interact. We are designed to ask one crucial question before any other: Is it safe? When someone invites us to trust, we want to know before anything else if we will get hurt. And we'll work hard to avoid pain.