Building Healthy Relationships
To rely on another person to be honest and truthful because you feel safe with them and have confidence that they will not hurt or violate you.
What is Trust?
When someone disregards or belittles your feelings, interests, opinions, or beliefs. Being rude, insulting, or having a lack of respect.
What is Disrespect?
Fully concentrating on what is being said rather than passively ‘hearing’ the message of the speaker. Showing interest by using body language including eye contact, nodding your head and smiling, or giving feedback to encourage them to continue.
What is Active Listening?
Sharing an inappropriate amount of information or details on your personal life.
What is Oversharing?
Accepting and appreciating someone for who they are, even when they’re different from you or you don’t agree with them. Has to be earned not given.
What is Respect?
Intentionally using a false statement. Being dishonest, or deceptive.
What is Lying?
To seek forgiveness or express regret for something that you have done wrong.
What is Apologizing?
Space between you and another person that feels comfortable when you are talking to them or being next them.
What is Personal Space?
The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Being helpful to other people and having a good heart.
What is Kindness?
When someone hurts another person's body. It includes hitting, shaking, burning, pinching, biting, choking, throwing, beating, and other actions that cause physical injury, leave marks, or cause pain.
What is Physical Abuse?
Communicating when something is bothering you, or when you are happy about something. Coming up with specific words that describe exactly how you feel.
What is Expressing Feelings?
Doing whatever it takes to make other people happy. While it is a good thing to be kind and helpful, going too far to satisfy others can leave you feeling emotionally depleted, stressed, and anxious.
What is People Pleasing?
Making the decision to release feelings of resentment or anger toward someone who has harmed you. Can help repair a damaged relationship, but it does not require you to reconnect.
What is Forgiveness?
Happens when yelling and anger go too far or when important you constantly criticize, threaten, or talk down to someone until their self-esteem is damaged and they feel really bad about themselves. Can hurt and cause damage just as physical and sexual abuse do.
The movements or positions of your body that show other people how you are feeling, without using words. For example, rolling your eyes, sighing or taking a deep breath, slamming a door, or throwing up your hands.
What is Body Language?
Sticking up for yourself, Communicating your needs, Resisting peer pressure, and Owning up to mistakes.
What is Healthy Boundaries?