Resiliance is not just taking the blow, but healing from it. And getting stronger because of it. Any athlete whose mom has shoved a wad of kleenex up her nose to stop a nose bleed in the middle of the game, knows this. The message: Avoid harm but keep a Kleenex ready, just-in-case.
The Combination to Humility: Accept, Reflect, Own. This will unlock you from defensiveness.
Almost everyone coming into therapy says, “I want to learn better communication tools!”
But what exactly are these tools? What tools do good communicators have in their tool boxes? What tools help us face rage, addiction, depression or other forms of sorrow?