Leave the Past Behind

Radio Headspace

Headspace Studios

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Part 3 of Kessonga’s week on relationships. He discusses how staying present helps us deal with conflict in the moment, instead of bringing up the past. Kessonga holds a Masters degree in Social Work, and is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Teacher. He also serves as an adjunct Mindfulness instructor at UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Prior to joining Headspace he had his own private practice as a licensed acupuncturist and an outpatient psychotherapist. Send Kessonga any general questions at askkessonga@headspace.com, or you can reach out on Instagram @kgiscombe. Try the Headspace app free for 30 days here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's space, dear.
0:14.1	Greetings, everyone.
0:15.1	Welcome to Radio Headspace and this glorious Wednesday.
0:18.9	My name is Kaisanga.
0:21.4	So far this week I've been giving relationship tips that I have learned over the years.
0:26.3	This includes all types of relationships and I always like to mention that I'm not
0:31.9	a relationship expert by any means.
0:35.5	But again, these tips have worked for me over the years.
0:38.5	They are based on mindfulness and I really believe in them.
0:42.3	Today's relationship tip is to leave the past in the past.
0:47.5	What I'm specifically referring to are those moments of conflict that we all experience
0:52.1	in our relationships.
0:54.4	Being an argument with your romantic partner is not uncommon for one partner out of anger
1:00.5	to judge up something from the past.
1:03.4	This is almost always destructive and usually just exacerbates the conflict.
1:09.5	But we're human, right?
1:10.9	This is what we do.
1:13.2	In those moments of an argument, especially a hurtful argument, you want your partner
1:18.0	to feel the same hurt and anger that you're experiencing in that moment.
1:22.7	For just a reference yesterday's episode, this is the complete opposite of effective mindful
1:28.1	communication.
1:30.0	My wife and I have learned this the hard way.
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