Cultivating Healthy Relationships
Here are some great habits to cultivate a healthy relationship with yourself which will naturally extend into the rest of your relationships.
DAILY
- Tell the truth
- Take 2 deep breaths before you answer yes or no questions
- Make your daily maintenance a first priority
- Start walking (or exercise of choice) 30 minutes a day
- Express something you appreciate about yourself to yourself each morning
- Express something you appreciate about another person to him/her/them directly each time you connect
- Stay curious about your feelings: (Are you angry? Sad? Try to identify what need is not being met)
AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
- Schedule an evening alone to do anything you want
- Meditate on your own or in a group
- Start a gratitude journal
- List 10 things you like and appreciate about yourself
- Repeat for all the important relationships in your life
- Listen to Dr. Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness guided mediation
- Take up a hobby you’ve always wanted to try
- Take a day off from social media
- Have a party celebrating a milestone—not your birthday or anniversary
- Regularly audit your relationships using the Relationship Boundary Model
One of the most important things to do first – when you realize that there is something you want to change – is to start with yourself.
