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.
Trust
Sticking up for yourself, Communicating your needs, Resisting peer pressure, and Owning up to mistakes.
Healthy Boundaries
To seek forgiveness or express regret for something that you have done wrong.
Apologizing/ Making Amends
A negative emotional reaction to being mistreated
Resentments
When someone disregards or belittles your feelings, interests, opinions, or beliefs. Being rude, insulting, or having a lack of respect.
Disrespect
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.
Respect
Sharing an inappropriate amount of information or details on your personal life.
Oversharing
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.
Body Language
A worldwide fellowship that offers a program of recovery for the families and friends of alcoholics.
Al-Anon
Intentionally using a false statement. Being dishonest, or deceptive.
Lying
The quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Being helpful to other people and having a good heart.
Kindness
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.
People Pleasing
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.
Active Listening
When we focus on external validation and importance, we feed our ego. If, on the other hand, we practice ________, we can see the world as it is and understand our place in it.
Humility
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.
Physical Abuse
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.
Forgiveness
Attempts to explain imbalanced relationships where one person enables another person's self-destructive behavior such as addiction, poor mental health, immaturity, irresponsibility, or under-achievement.
The three types of communication styles
1. Assertive
2. Aggressive
3. Passive
An unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.
Shame
Involves controlling another person by using emotions to criticize, embarrass, shame, blame, or otherwise manipulate them.
Emotional Abuse
What are some examples?
Name TWO healthy strategies you can use when having conflict with your partner.
-Taking a time out
- "I" messages
- Assertive Communication
- Talking when you've both cooled off
The three types of boundary STYLES
1. Porous
2. Healthy
3. Rigid
What can be some of the impacts of using passive communication?
Isolation, feelings of depression, resentful, anxiety (can't get their needs met)
Biased perspectives we take on ourselves and the world around us. They are irrational thoughts and beliefs that we unknowingly reinforce over time.
(Examples: Overgeneralizing, All-or-Nothing, Jumping to Conclusions)
Cognitive Distortions
A form of mistreatment that involves controlling or restricting someone's money or assets.
Financial Abuse
What are some examples?