Protect your energy
from How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo
How to Apply This
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Ask for what you want 100 percent of the time.
Always express your likes, wants, and preferences when the need arises. -
Choose reconciliation over ongoing feuding.
Never retaliate or use violence no matter the level of provocation. -
Confront or turn away from those who bring you down, no matter how close they are to you.
This refers to people who put you down, or try to control, abuse, or scare you. -
Express your creativity
Begin a project you have only imagined. -
Be yourself sexually.
This may include enacting the fantasy or lifestyle you have kept inside for too long. -
Cultivate a sense of humor.
Learn to play and to see the humor in daily events, in others’ behavior, and in your reactions. -
Be bold in your self-presentation and decisions.
Don’t let anyone intimidate you.
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