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The Light Watkins Show

How to Give Honest Feedback (Without Them Getting Triggered)

The Light Watkins Show

Light Watkins

Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Education

4.9960 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Giving feedback is one of the most delicate things we do in relationships — especially when we care. Say it wrong, and you risk hurting someone or driving them away. Say nothing, and resentment builds. So how do you speak up without making things worse? In this episode, Light shares a 5-step spiritual framework for expressing what’s on your mind in a way that actually strengthens connection. Whether it’s a partner, a friend, or a coworker, you’ll learn how to navigate those uncomfortable conv...

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0:00.0

This spiritual perspective episode is about how to give feedback. Have you ever tried to give

0:05.0

somebody feedback or constructive criticism? And you were really coming from a good place.

0:10.9

All you wanted to do was help them attract more of what they say that they want. But while you're

0:16.5

giving your feedback or after you gave your feedback, you noticed that they got defensive, their arms

0:22.0

were crossed, they called you a hypocrite, and they got triggered. And the whole thing went sideways.

0:27.6

Now, when that kind of thing happens, initially we may think, well, they just don't want to

0:31.4

grow. Or we say, that's why they're stuck. I tried to help them and they rejected my help.

0:37.3

But if they've made some sound decisions

0:39.5

in their life and they got defensive or triggered after you gave them your feedback or your

0:45.0

constructive criticism, chances are you didn't follow the steps to having your feedback received

0:52.4

and even appreciate it. Now, you're probably wondering, steps, what steps?

0:56.9

Exactly.

0:57.8

Giving feedback is an art, and many of us have not practiced the art of giving feedback or constructive criticism.

1:05.9

And that's why we get the crossed arms.

1:08.5

That's why the person stops listening.

1:10.6

That's why they lash out and how

1:12.4

hypocritical we're being. And it may even result in us breaking up with that friendship or with that

1:18.3

relationship, which is not what we ultimately wanted when we first decided to give the feedback.

1:23.5

So in this episode, we are going to go over the five steps of giving feedback and having that

1:29.5

feedback be received, that's important, from the spiritual perspective.

1:33.2

Meaning, we want to give feedback in a way that does not trigger the other person, but instead,

1:39.4

it actually brings you closer to the other person.

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