I gave a training today about healthy relationships.
Women In the group came up with a list to define the term.
Here are some of my favorite items on our list:
- · Mutually respectful
- · Honest, with ourselves and with each other
- · Understanding
- · Safe, both physically and emotionally, so neither person is afraid to live and express his/her trut
- · Shared responsibility that appreciates the gifts and resources that each person has to offer
- · Fun
- · Shared empathy that allows each person to see the other’s point of view
- · Assumed goodness, always starting with the premise that the other has good intentions
- · Flexibility
- · Supportive so that each person knows that the other has her/his back
I like the list, but it makes me wonder…if one of the items on the list is missing, is that a deal breaker?
Not necessarily. Depends on which one is missing and how far up the list of values. Also depends on how much other good stuff one is getting.
ReplyDeleteRelationships. Are. Challenging.