Healthy Relationship
Why to define it?
Because when we know our true needs, we are less likely to fall into unhealthy behaviors and unhealthy thoughts and feelings under pressure.
Healthy Relationship
This step is about becoming aware of what we need in a relationship in terms of actions and character traits to feel met, heard, seen, and acknowledged.
When to use it?
When we choose (or are in) relationships, interactions, durations, and activities with other people.
Why to define it?
Because defining your take on what a “Healthy Relationship” is for YOU will become a foundational building blocks of your relations, and serves as a guide to screen our relationships.
With practice, we can become better at distinguishing between healthy and healing dynamics, and unhealthy dynamics. This will cause less stress and give a sense of purpose of the relation at stake.
With My Core Journey, you have the opportunity to finetune that description again and again as you become wiser about what a healthy relationship is for you. This exercise increases your awareness of your needs.
Describing what a ‘healthy relationship’ is for us means that we need to tune into the actions and character traits required to feel validated. The more we break down what is important to us, the clearer it becomes what is needed for healing. Additionally, we can more easily honor the needs of others because we understand the importance of deeper needs.
This is an opportunity to work with descriptions related to different types of relationships, such as friendships, intimate relationships, parent-child relationships, work relationships, or even the relationship with ourselves; only imagination sets limits. Just like core values, this description may initially be vague, but with time and processing, it will become detailed and precise. Along the way, we gain clarity on what we need to feel loved. Understanding our needs is crucial to living in accordance with our values.
Describing a healthy relationship is challenging, but with MyCoreJourney’s guidelines at your fingertips and with patience, you will get through this step as well.
When to use it?
We can only ‘heal’ if our relationship is healthy, so we need to know what ‘healthy’ means for us.
Once we have a clear understanding of what a ‘Healthy Relationship’ is for us, we have increased our awareness of what we need to feel validated, but we have also heightened our awareness of what is ‘unhealthy’ for us. With this knowledge, we can train our attention continuously when interacting and become better at distinguishing between healthy and healing dynamics and unhealthy dynamics, enabling us to take precautions at the right time.
Just like in the other steps, in this step, you also have a detailed guideline at your fingertips to guide you through the questions.