“I Told You So!” – Simple But Powerful Ways of Improving Communication with Loved Onesspir

May 3rd, 2017

By Richard West

Guest writer for Wake Up World

“If you think you’re enlightened, try spending a week with your family.” ~ Ram Dass

Recently I’ve been exploring the way I relate to my nearest and dearest, as well as other colleges and friends. How we relate to people has a massive impact on our consciousness and those around us, and seeing as our loved ones are so dear to us, it’s very important we explore how we relate to one another. Relating to the people around us can be tough, especially to the most powerful of button pushers — our family.

How I’ve related to people, until now:

As a child I often felt like I was being pushed into a box. This came from adults around me but was also often of my own making, because of a desire to please. And because of my desire to please I actually became very good at blending into whatever situation I was put in.  I almost didn’t notice that in many of these situations I wasn’t ‘me’ any more. It meant that I often agreed with people because I adopted their truth as mine.

Then in my early 20’s I met a lady who encouraged me to stand in my truth, for example that I would sometimes say ‘no’ when people asked something of me, and I began to become more aware of my own energy frequency. But then the pendulum swung the other way and I would express my truth with my family, sometimes in very challenging and confrontational ways, which of course closed people down and lead to lots of angry exchanges.

So, over the years I’ve been seeking some kind of equilibrium, with the question, “how can I adequately express my own truth without undermining anybody else’s?”

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Also by Richard West:

• Recovering From Loss of Identity
• Listening Through the Noise: Steps Toward Inner Peace
• How to Channel Your Sadness Into Beauty
• Dying to Live – Embracing Change
• Why Die Consciously?

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