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How to Be Better at Listening

Listening is a skill many people think they possess. After all, we hear people talking all day long, so we often assume we listen just as much. But true listening is different from simply hearing words. It’s an intentional practice that can transform conversations, relationships, and ourselves.

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Trust: A Foundation for Connection

Trust is the quiet foundation of every healthy relationship. It’s content as it is. It doesn’t demand the spotlight. But without it, even the strongest connection can begin to feel shaky.

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Rumination: When You Can’t Stop Thinking About It

There’s a particular kind of thinking pattern that can creep in quietly. You’re going about your day, and then—out of nowhere—a thought returns. A moment from a conversation. A text you wish you hadn’t sent. The look on someone’s face. A mistake you feel you made. A memory, vivid and aching. Or maybe it’s not […]

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Acceptance: Making Peace with Imperfection

We often speak of compassion and acceptance as something we extend outward to those who are grieving, struggling, or simply doing the best they can. But it’s rather common not to turn that same compassion inward. Many of us live with a quiet undercurrent of self-judgment: regret over things we wish we’d handled differently, shame […]

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Hope Doesn’t Demand Outcomes

It’s common to confuse hope with a wish. Wishing tends to zero in on a particular outcome. We might wish for the job offer. Or we wish the test result comes back negative. We might wish someone would change, or stay, or come back. A wish says, this is what I want, and I’ll be […]

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