Practices
Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
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5 practicesWho it is written for · My husband or wife
Theme · Fondness and admiration
Approach · Core
Do not say the small unkind thing about them to someone else.
Today, notice the moment when you could make an easy joke at your spouse's expense, to a friend, a sibling, your mother, the group chat. Don't. Say…
Take the sarcasm out of one conversation today.
Contempt is the most corrosive tone in a marriage; its opposite is plain, warm respect.
Do not make the easy joke at their expense to someone else.
Guarding their dignity when they are not in the room is a quiet, powerful loyalty.
Raise the complaint without the words always or never.
One specific moment can be repaired; a sweeping verdict on their character cannot.
Notice the tone you use with them that you would never use with a guest.
The people closest to us too often receive our least careful manners; this gently reverses that.
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