How to Create Intimacy and Vulnerability To Enhance Your Relationships
Vulnerability and intimacy-Honesty and authenticity lead to a strong bond based on trust and acceptance.
Without these traits, vulnerability and intimacy is impossible.
It's also important to note that there are levels of vulnerability and intimacy.
The intimacy we share with a close friend is very different from the intimacy we share with our significant other.
In The Course in Miracles, Helen Schucman, Ph.
D.
states, "relationships with others are the highest form of honor to our spiritual growth.
" She goes on to explain that in order to reach this holy place, you must be willing to be open and vulnerable.
It's a commitment to be introspective and see what you can change that will improve your life.
Looking outside of yourself and placing blame on other people, places, or circumstances will never give you the answers you are looking for.
Human connections can withstand circumstances, illness, distance, and even death.
The degree of intimacy we share with others is in direct proportion to our ability to be authentic and open.
If we stay closed off or shut down it is impossible to love or be loved.
Self-love-Good relationships are the fruit of a healthy acceptance and self-love.
One of my favorite quotes, by Sandra Anne Taylor, is "Our magnetic attraction is largely based upon how we value and treat ourselves, not others.
" It is out of self-respect, self-confidence, and self-love that we can reach out to others.
For many of us, receiving love is more challenging than giving love.
If you can recognize our own value, it is much easier to recognize the value of others.
Having a good relationship with yourself means honoring your body, your mind, and your spirit.
In my opinion it is impossible to be happy without compassion, forgiveness, and love for yourself.
Women, especially, feel that it is selfish to think of themselves before others.
As First Lady Michelle Obama said, "Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves.
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
" We (at least the baby boomer generation) were programmed from the time we were young to take care of others.
We are a changing society, and men and women are aware that family responsibilities should be shared.
The days of sacrificing your own needs for everyone else are obsolete.
Without these traits, vulnerability and intimacy is impossible.
It's also important to note that there are levels of vulnerability and intimacy.
The intimacy we share with a close friend is very different from the intimacy we share with our significant other.
In The Course in Miracles, Helen Schucman, Ph.
D.
states, "relationships with others are the highest form of honor to our spiritual growth.
" She goes on to explain that in order to reach this holy place, you must be willing to be open and vulnerable.
It's a commitment to be introspective and see what you can change that will improve your life.
Looking outside of yourself and placing blame on other people, places, or circumstances will never give you the answers you are looking for.
Human connections can withstand circumstances, illness, distance, and even death.
The degree of intimacy we share with others is in direct proportion to our ability to be authentic and open.
If we stay closed off or shut down it is impossible to love or be loved.
Self-love-Good relationships are the fruit of a healthy acceptance and self-love.
One of my favorite quotes, by Sandra Anne Taylor, is "Our magnetic attraction is largely based upon how we value and treat ourselves, not others.
" It is out of self-respect, self-confidence, and self-love that we can reach out to others.
For many of us, receiving love is more challenging than giving love.
If you can recognize our own value, it is much easier to recognize the value of others.
Having a good relationship with yourself means honoring your body, your mind, and your spirit.
In my opinion it is impossible to be happy without compassion, forgiveness, and love for yourself.
Women, especially, feel that it is selfish to think of themselves before others.
As First Lady Michelle Obama said, "Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves.
We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
" We (at least the baby boomer generation) were programmed from the time we were young to take care of others.
We are a changing society, and men and women are aware that family responsibilities should be shared.
The days of sacrificing your own needs for everyone else are obsolete.
