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When do seeds of suspicion emerge? When one begins to think Whats up? Why is he
doing that? Hes never done that before. That is so unlike him. He loses 30
pounds buys a new wardrobe and comes home late from work. He changes his
patterns. His behavior becomes unpredictable. You get the picture? Any movement
away from predictable behavior can become suspect and trust can deteriorate.
Focus on acting predictably if you need to build trust. Be consistent in what
you do. This doesnt mean you must be boring. If there is a twinkle in your eye
and a dose of spontaneity every so often for goodness sakes be spontaneous and
fun loving. But be spontaneous consistently! Be true to who you have always
been and be that consistently whoever you tend to be! 2. Inform your
significant other when you become "unpredictable." No one goes
through life the same person. We all make shifts and changes. Frankly sometimes
we may be fairly clueless about what is happening and where we are going. Those
times may be very intense and we do some silly things or make some downright
dumb decisions. Life can get very squirrelly and unpredictable. (I have a
favorite phrase Gold is refined through intense heat.) Growth in an individual
marriage or family often is accompanied by a little chaos. Welcome these shifts
for there is a part of you searching for something
better/different/richer/deeper but for heavens sake inform your partner of what
you are experiencing. Say "I really dont know what is going on in me right
now but Im moving in a different direction. Be a little patient with me while I
figure this out. I might do some silly things but my intent is not to harm you
or scare you. Accept some of my wondering and wandering and please be there for
me? I may need to run some of this by you every so often!" 3. Make sure
your words match the message. Mean what you say and say what you mean. When
your partner hears one thing in your words but your tone of voice body language
and facial expressions are really saying something else you open the
relationship to some crazy making days. Which message is she to believe? This
can waste a tremendous amount of energy and she learns not to trust part of
what you are saying. Heres a very simple but common example. You are getting
ready to go to a formal dinner. Your wife comes to you and says "How do I
look?" (And shes wearing a dress you dont particularly like and her hair
is pulled back in a way that turns you off.) Not to spoil the evening you
enthusiastically say "You look great." You dont really mean it and a
part of her knows you really dont mean it. But you leave it at that. This might
not seem like a big deal - we all have done something similar - but if trust is
shaky to begin with it is even shakier now. Heres how to match the words with
the nonverbal "I think you are a beautiful person. I want you to know
that. I love you dearly and it will be wonderful to have you by my side tonight.
Others will see your beauty. (As you say this you look into her eyes as you put
your hands around her waist.) Shes not concerned so much with how she looks but
is expressing a need for affirmation. Shes not talking about her dress or hair
but about wanting to know the evening is going to go just fine. You respond to
the real message. You can take this one step further if you like. At some point
you might bring up her need for affirmation and talk about that. Ask her is
there is anything you can say or do so that need is met. Trust is awareness of
the intent beneath the obvious message and responding to that! 4. Believe the
other person is competent. I hear this phrase very often "But I dont want
to hurt him." A couple things are at play here. First she may not have the
skill of confronting the other with the truth in a way that brings
reconciliation and understanding. She believes truth telling is destructive or
entails some sort of drama. Neither is true. The truth is never destructive and
can be conveyed in loving ways. (With that said what we believe to be the truth
may indeed be a distorted perception that fits our personal needs.) Or she may
see the other person as a wimp someone she believes cannot handle rigorous
personal confrontation. She doesnt trust that the other person has the internal
strength or stamina or skills to be in a relationship of mutual respect and
equality. The other person picks up on this mistrust and does what he does
(feigns inadequacy and incompetence) to avoid the personal confrontation as
well. A dance is acted out. Believe and know in your heart that the other
person somewhere and somehow beneath the games has the internal strength and
capacity to handle anything. Such trust builds trust in the other person and
begins to pervade the relationship. "Hey she thinks I can handle this!
Hmmmm this is mighty good! I CAN engage her and be truly intimate!" 5. Be
very very careful of keeping secrets. If he knows there is an elephant in the
room and doesnt talk about it the elephant takes up tremendous space in the
relationship. It takes energy for him to walk around it. She may not see the
elephant but knows he is bending his neck to look around something. She will be
curious mildly disturbed have feelings but no words to wrap around them might
wonder if something is wrong with her or struggle with trusting her intuition
(her intuition KNOWS an elephant is there.) And when we cant trust the messages
that come from within us we find it very difficult to trust the messages of the
other person. Secrets demand tremendous energy and erode trust. The
relationship is doomed never to experience wall-banging intimacy. This is why
extramarital affairs are so damaging. She is not so much concerned about him
having sex with someone else as she is about the betrayal lack of trust the
secrets and deception that are crazy making and energy draining. Now please. Im
not saying that you sit your partner down and divulge the 23 secrets of your
illicit past behaviors. If you have resolved those i.e. forgiven yourself
understand those behaviors learned from them and were able to use them to make
the internal shifts necessary for your personal development they do not qualify
as an elephant. Hopefully in the course of growing intimacy in your
relationship you may want to share some of those events as you disclose to your
partner where you were and where you are now. You do so without emotional
charge. However if a secret takes up room i.e. still has an emotional charge
and holds you back from disclosing more and more of yourself in the growing
stages of intimacy you have a problem that needs to be addressed with your
partner. 6. Let YOUR needs be known - loudly. Be a little - no be a lot -
self-centered. (Be self-centered but not selfish!) Heres a problem I run into
almost every day. He is backing away (perhaps attached to work another person
etc.). She feels the trust and intimacy eroding is scared and wants to
"win him back." So she begins an all out effort to "work on the
marriage." She invites him to do so as well. He may reluctantly agree. She
blasts full throttle ahead trying to "be nice" and meet every need he
ever said he had. Shes going to "fill his tank with goodies." Doesnt
work. Her eyes are riveted on him. He feels "smothered" or maybe even
resentful "Why is she doing this NOW!" Shes hopeful but eventually
that turns to resentment. Her underlying motive - if I meet his needs he will
feel good and meet mine - just doesnt work. Its perceived as manipulation which
it is. Of course he doesnt say anything. After all how do you get angry with
someone who is so "nice and caring?" Trust disintegrates under a
blanket of quiet niceties. Start with your eyes focused on YOU. What do YOU
need? Explore your personal need system. Dig beneath the surface. And then say
to him "I need…x y and z. I would like to talk to you about them. I would
like us to work out a way so my needs are met. Are you open to that?" He
is empowered to say yes or no. Or he may say "What about my needs?"
You respond "I am very interested in hearing what is important to you
certainly." Have you ever been around someone who stated clearly what they
needed/wanted? Didnt you respect that person? Because you knew where he stood
and therefore where you stood didnt that interaction move toward a trusting
relationship? 7. State who YOU are - loudly. It is very sad to see those in
relationships of emotional investment hold back from letting the other person
know who they really are. You build trust in a relationship by entrusting your
SELF to the other person. This sounds easy but I find it difficult for most to
pull off. Most of us have a difficult time declaring our SELF. For one thing if
youre like most of us you havent given much thought to what it is that makes
YOU truly YOU. Dont you feel like you glide through life on autopilot focusing
on tasks goals accomplishments problems and the external realities? Dont you
tend to focus on those things out there or that person out there? Youre
concerned about what he is thinking how he is responding to you whether he
likes you whether he will be an obstacle and where he will fit in your life?
Your conversations may be pleasant but fairly superficial and bluntly boringly
inane. You converse about things/relationships/events out there. You are
reluctant to share your thoughts values and impressions or take a stand. This
doesnt destroy trust. But it doesnt create it either. And if you do take a
stand it may serve the purpose of protecting you or entrenching you as you
react against someone. This more often than not creates trust barriers. Take
some time to reflect on your standards. What are your standards for a
relationship? What standards do you hold for yourself? What do you order your
life around? What are the 4 top values in your life? What are some themes that
you live by? What are you known for? And then…begin letting significant people
in your life know. They will respect you. They will know you more deeply. They
will thank you for the opportunity to know you. They will see you as a person
of character. They will trust you. They can count on you. They know exactly
what is behind and within you. 8. Learn to say NO! Sometimes you need to say
NO! Often it is crucial to say NO! Saying NO sets boundaries around you that
protects you from being hurt or venturing into territory that will be
destructive to your heart and soul. You draw a line. You stop tolerating that
which drains energy and makes you less than YOU. You refuse to allow the
destructive behaviors of others to destroy you. You build a moat around the core
of your life. You do this by informing the other person of what they are doing.
You request they stop. If they dont stop you demand they stop. If they dont
stop you walk away without a snide remark eye-roll or comment. To some this
seems harsh but saying NO is RESPECTED. Fear is the basis of mistrust. If you
fear that someone will hurt you and believe you have no recourse but to endure
that hurt fear will prevail. How can you trust when you are in fear? Saying NO
protecting yourself sends a message to the other person that you will not live
in fear. This usually triggers a response of respect from the other person.
After all if you can protect yourself and refuse subjugation to that which is
destructive will not the other person come to trust you and see you as a person
who just might protect him/her from harm as well? 9. Charge Neutral. When your
significant other expresses something powerfully charge neutral. Most of us are
afraid of strong feelings or points of contention in a relationship. I commonly
hear people respond by defending themselves (to a perceived attack) explaining
themselves counter-attacking shutting down or walking away. Of course the
relationship remains stuck in this quagmire of mistrust and fear. Rather than
reacting and having your feelings flowing all over the place or shutting down
practice charging neutral. Communicate calmness not only in your tone of voice
but also in how you carry your body. Dont speak with a charge to your voice.
Control your voice! Say what you must say state the truth and do it directly
and calmly. You can do this once you master your fears. It will dramatically
change the flow of the relationship. You will be able to point out something
big without making a big deal out of it. You will be in control of you. This
not only feels great but your partner trusts that you wont fly or fall apart.
You will experience your personal power. This makes you very attractive. Dont
people really trust someone who knows their personal power and how to use it
for the welfare of themselves and others? Your partner will love the fact that
she can trust you consistently to operate from your "quiet center"
remain engaged not back down and speak the truth with conviction and calmness.
10. Dig into the dirt. Relationships of emotional investment by their nature
bring trials tribulations fears chaos turmoil change stretching and growth.
They become the grist from which your life is shaped and formed. Be fearless
when faced with turmoil upset crisis questions and fears. When the time is right
seek them out. Move toward the frightening unknown. Dig into the dirt of your
relationship and uncover the treasures. Do you really TRUST that this can
happen? The purpose of your relationship is not to make you happy. Do you
realize this? Happiness may be an outcome but your other is given to you to
move you to where you really want to be. Obstacles trials and moments of pain
are given as lessons on which you intentionally write the script of your life
individually and together. Embrace the difficult. Trust that in this embracing
you will find more of your true self. Trust that you are given the resources
and capacity to face what you and your significant other are to face. Once you
are able to believe and trust these ultimate purposes trusting your significant
other will be that much more easy. banking
services chronicle 2019 pdf
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