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19You know how sometimes you want to change something about someone else? 🤔
Well, good luck with that! Changing other people is difficult at best. Unfortunately, other people often have their own ways of doing things.
But there’s still something you can do. At a book event recently, I heard a story about a woman who has a difficult relationship with her mom. She said her mom was not very supportive of her, and often directly criticized her.
@mikejwatts, a longtime friend, was there that evening and offered some perspective: “Your mom is not going to change. But you can change the relationship with your mom.” 🤯
I’m not entirely sure how Mike envisioned that process, but to me it meant: You can establish boundaries, you can choose how you communicate with your mom (timing, topics of conversation, etc.), you can nurture other relationships that are more supportive, and so on.
Remember: You can’t change other people, but you CAN change your relationship with them. 💚
#mentalhealth #reframing #ideas #yearofmentalhealth
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