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We All Need Someone Sometimes: Professional Sustainability
Regulating in Relationship
My wife has always said, "There's nothing more healing in life than a healthy relationship." She's right. It's essential to our resiliency to have people in our lives that we trust. The science behind this is equally compelling.
We are not born knowing how to regulate ourselves. At first, we only achieve this through movement, often rocking. Later, we learn to regulate off our caregivers. This never fully goes away. We are continually assessing if people we come into contact with are a good model to regulate off. In work settings, these are often people who are open, supportive, and easy for you to talk to. While self regulation is foundational, we also regulate off those around us. Some make us feel calm. Some make us feel excited. And others make us feel frantic or confused.
Primary Takeaways
- Self awareness can help us answer the question: "What types of people do I need in my life?"
- Self regulation can help us maintain healthy long-term relationships
Resiliency Roadmap Day 6
Challenge:
List 3-5 people that you appreciate being in their presence. Make a notes on how they make you feel in body, with your thoughts, and emotionally. Try to include people from a variety of places in your life.
Professional Sustainability
Connection and trust in our work has been shown to increase the following:
- Cohesion
- Collaboration
- Wellness
- Retention
To Take A Deeper Dive
World renowned researcher, author, and speaker Brene Brown's breakthrough TedTalk on vulnerability made her a household name. Daring Greatly pairs wonderfully with today's topic on connection.