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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4 practicesWho it is written for
Theme · Fondness and admiration
Approach · Core
When · Any ordinary day
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.
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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