Signs of Emotionally Available People:
1. Don’t erupt or go into irrational behaviors when feelings are expressed
2. Can have difficult conversations
3. Can listen to a different perspective
4. Words align with actions (in short, they do what they say they will)
5. Apologize when they’re hurtful or act out of character
6. Do not use silence to punish
7. They’re secure: they do not thrive off of negative intensity, drama, or chaos
Culture doesn’t celebrate trauma healing because it means we would wake up. It means we would no longer sleep walk through life accepting dysfunction as “normal.”
Emotionally healthy people know when to let go. They don’t force. They let behavior speak. They move forward trusting relationships end so that more aligned people can enter their lives.
Don't teach a child to respect every older person. That is hypocrisy.
Such immature advice often confuses children who don't understand diplomacy. Let adults earn their respect rather than we teaching our kids to be forcefully respectful.
Best feeling in the world is when you are free of people draining your energy. Best indicator of how wrong they were for you is the feeling of extreme lightheartedness you have once they are gone.