Episode 9: Seek to Understand (Solo Episode)

In this week’s solo episode, I talk about the concept of "Seek to Understand." This is one of the biggest lessons I’ve personally been learning from my husband Andrew and it is life-changing - and I want to share it with you, too!

So often when someone doesn’t get back to us with a text or seems like they don’t want to work with you, we assume the worst. We take this small amount of information and make negative assumptions from there. Sound familiar? We all do this. But, what if instead of jumping to these negative conclusions or taking things personally, you reach out to gather more information. Often there’s more to the story. When you seek to understand instead of assuming, you open yourself up to a world of serious connection with others and a different outlook on relationships in your life.

Putting this into practice, here are your journal prompts:
- How can you release taking things personally?
- Instead of drawing conclusions, what if you keep asking questions until you have all the pieces of the puzzle?
- Think about where in your life you tend to take things really personally, and instead of holding onto that hostility, think about how you open up space for someone to be heard by simply asking questions and listening to what they say.

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