90. Cultivating Patience and Mutual Growth in Healthy Relationships with Jane Ajaya (LCSW)

What Are We Discussing In This Episode? 

In this episode, we focus on five topics related to building healthy relationships:

• How to practice patience and empathy when you are not understanding or agreeing with the other person's perspective (01:45)
• How to recognize and appreciate small progress in your relationship, rather than focusing on what needs to be fixed (06:50)
• How to find a balance when one partner or family member is naturally more patient than the other (23:37)
• How to build a culture of patience and understanding in the relationship, rather than getting caught up in blame or anger (30:40)
• How to balance being patient with each other's flaws with holding each other accountable (44:51)

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More Information About the Host & Jane Ajaya

The host, Juliana Akin, is a co-founder of Unfilteredd, a lawyer, and a survivor of narcissistic abuse. She creates content about narcissism and narcissistic abuse to share her personal experiences with healing because she hopes that by sharing her journey, she can help you navigate yours.

Jane Ajaya is a clinical social worker and has worked with individuals, families and couples in private practice. She helps relieve suffering with individualized and comprehensive care including all aspects of human being, emotional, interpersonal, physical and spiritual. Ms Ajaya teaches skills to advance personal freedom and growth, such as mindfulness and emotional and nervous system regulation.

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Podcast Music: Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com