Hello and welcome to the Mindfulkind podcast.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at

Rachelcable.com.

Each week, this podcast will bring meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress

and live more mindfully in the modern world.

Hello and welcome to episode 231 of The Mindful Kind podcast. I'm really excited because the ideas

I'll be sharing in this episode could have the potential to help make your most important

relationships feel stronger and more meaningful.

I do believe that relationships are incredibly important and when we take the time to nurture them,

it can be good for the people we love, but it can also be good for us.

I know that I personally feel happier when I'm consciously doing things that help me feel more

connected with others and when I can help make someone else feel good, it makes me feel good too.

I've actually been experimenting a lot recently with the tips I'll be sharing in this episode

and I hope you enjoy trying them out for yourself.

So let's dive into five tips to help you improve your relationships.

Tip one is to believe the best of the people that you love.

In his book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Psychological Researcher John Gottman

described to the concept of

positive sentiment override as positive thoughts about your spouse that are so pervasive

they outweigh negative feelings. In other words, positive sentiment override means you

tend to think positive thoughts about your partner rather than negative ones.

You can cultivate positive sentiment override by deliberately thinking positive thoughts about the people you care about

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