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A Hopeful Approach to Saving Relationships with Matthew Fray • X78

Mind Love • Modern Mindfulness to Think, Feel, and Live Well

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Is There a Monster Under the Bed?

How we respond in those moments really provide a strong signal about how trustworthy or untrustworthy some one is. And the thought exercise that i offer for this is to imagine, this is the thought exercise i used to overcome my invalidation habit. I ask people to become really mindful of how they show up when somebody comes to them and says, hay, something's wrong. The best way i noght to think about it is this identical scenario: My son tells me he's a monster under the bed and he's afraid of it. Instead of trying to sell him on the idea there isn't a monster there, maybe i even say it, but i don't think there's a

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