How to Build Emotionally Safe Relationships

If you are a people-pleaser, bighearted person, empath, or highly sensitive person, you probably give to others at the expense of self. This can build up resentment and discourse in your personal and professional relationships. If you want more meaningful and reciprocal connections today’s resource is for you.

Developing a secure bond with another person is important because it can allow both of you to share your true selves with confidence and safety.

Emotional security is the bedrock of a stable, healthy relationship. It contributes to true intimacy and trust. In today’s new video resource, I share steps you can take to see if your connections are emotionally safe. This process can also help protect yourself from users and abusers. Plus, I share clear action steps on how to grow closer to the ones you love with clear communication with yourself through honesty.

Here are some characteristics of “safe” people*

1. They Listen First

2. They Validate

3. They Help You Grow

4. They Don’t Tell You How You “Should” Feel or Think

5. They Stay Neutral When You Need Them To

6. They Are Patient

7. They Don’t Judge

8. They Don’t Take Your Struggles Personally

9. They Keep Their Word

10. They Let You “Drop Your Guard”

11. They Don’t Sugarcoat the Truth

12. Their Goal Isn’t to “Fix” You

13. They Can Empathize

14. They Are OK With Silence

15. They Assert Their Own Needs and Boundaries

From Juliette V, 15 Traits of an Emotionally ‘Safe’ Person*

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