I recommend this video on how to regain trust in a relationship. The theme is about lying, but I would extend the usefulness of this video to include less serious situations like situations where expectations are missed. For example, if you say you’ll get eggs from the grocery store and you forget the eggs, a loss of trust can occur because you failed to live up to what you said you’d do. Even in the egg situation, this video will be useful in rebuilding trust with your partner.
Category Archives: Human Nature
Recognizing Denial
If you or someone else is passionately trying to convince the other of something, consider seriously if the real person they are trying to persuade is themselves.
Sometimes you are trying to convince others when the real person you’re trying to convince is yourself.
Sometimes someone else is trying to convince you when the real person they’re trying to convince is themselves.
Human Nature Lessons
Above all, people want to believe they are good people and they will do every mental trick in the book to believe it.
Either they will focus on the intent and say they had good intentions so focus on that, or they will say they had good impact and say focus on that. Rarely will they own up when there is a mismatch in intention and impact and apologize for having bad intentions but good impact or for having good intentions but bad impact. They will focus on the good so that they can sleep at night thinking that they are good people.