By Mel Robbins — 2017
Just 10 years ago, none of us was connected to the internet 24/7. But since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the world has experienced a rapid shift—one in which it’s normal to be tethered to our devices.
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We naturally become defensive when our spouse begins to criticize us. We listen to refute or correct the inaccuracies, distortions and exaggerations that are inevitably there. The challenge is to listen only to understand.
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Whether it’s the communicating between different tribes or religions, ethnicities, racial groups or different generations, we need to listen. The more we understand, the less we fear—the less we fear, the more we trust and the more we trust, the more love can flow.
Our mindfulness practice is not about vanquishing our thoughts. It’s about becoming aware of the process of thinking so that we are not in a trance—lost inside our thoughts.
It’s hard to hang out with the truth of what we’re feeling. We may sincerely intend to pause and be mindful whenever a crisis arises or whenever we feel stuck and confused, but our conditioning to react, escape, or become possessed by emotion is very strong.
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Explore this mindfulness practice from Tara Brach for keeping the lines of communication open and maintaining a deep, loving connection.
Applying Buddhist teachings to emotional healing with relationships, marriage, and lust.