Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind 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 319 of the Mindful Kind podcast and the second episode in the

Relationships mini-series. If you haven't listened to the previous episode about managing

expectations in relationships, then I highly recommend you go and

check that out. Just a quick reminder, this mini-series isn't only about strengthening romantic

relationships, but also about building friendships and potentially improving family relationships

too. So this episode is all about the power of presence in relationships and some practical

tips to help you implement more presence into your relationships. So since I started practicing

mindfulness around 10 years ago, one of the benefits I've noticed is an improvement in most,

if not all of my relationships. And there are a few reasons for that, including

becoming more open-minded and I think developing more emotional intelligence as a result of my

mindfulness practice. But one of the simpler and sometimes overlooked benefits is that I feel

more present in my relationships. Through practicing mindfulness, I feel like I've developed this greater awareness of my attention

and how to focus on the things that are really important.

I'm more careful about minimizing distractions and multitasking less,

and this has had a really cool knock-on effect in my relationships.

I feel like I intentionally spend more quality

time with my loved ones. I'm a better listener, I'm less distracted, and I just generally feel

better when I'm more present. So I thought I'd share a few tips for becoming more present in your

relationships and I hope that you enjoy trying these out. Tip one is to develop habits that help you spend quality time with the people you care about.

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