You're listening to the Vibrins Happy Women Podcast. I'm Dr. Jen Ridey, and on this episode, I'm talking about how to create emotional safety in your marriage or other significant relationships. Stay tuned.

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Hey there, my friends. So, emotional safety. I think we all know we want it. It sounds amazing.

But what is it and why do we need it? I believe emotional safety to be the ability to feel safe in revealing our true self to another person.

We will often feel capable of being vulnerable,

being authentic when we feel emotionally safe. And I believe also that when we feel emotionally safe,

we feel as if the other person truly sees us, hears us, values us, and even loves us.

So if you're not feeling those things in your marriage or in your relationship with a significant other, this episode is for you.

So emotional safety, again, is the ability to feel safe in revealing your true self

to another person.

Now, the foundation of emotional safety is interesting, revealing your true self. To start to feel emotionally safe, you really do need to

start with yourself. Who is your true self? Do you know her? Who are you truly at the heart level? You know, we all think

we have beliefs and that we have values, but I want to pull it back and help you see that

every belief that you have is simply a thought you've thought a lot of times, a thought that

has generated a good result for you,

it's worked for you. So you choose to keep it as a belief and a belief that you assigned significance

to becomes a value. You've heard me say on this podcast before that my parents were taught

that hard work is essential. It is the top most important value to be a

hard worker. Where did they get that thought or belief? Well, they heard it again and again from their

families of origin. They had experience with that belief working and giving them results they want.

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