How to trust again - even when you've fallen
Life coaching and trusting again
Life coaching
for me begins with the establishment of trust. Working through issues seems to flow and be much more natural. Not all Life Coaching conversations start out with trust. Trust once lost in a persons life, that apprehension to trust again is carried into new relationship. So why is trust so important in relationships?
TRUST FALL - the ageless game of falling backwards unto and into the
arms of a group of people that you may know or you may not know. Its a
common icebreaker at events,a simple game to test not only your trust
for others but their trust towards you. As I'm sure you've figured
out,if you've been alive more than fifteen minutes,its a little more
complicated than that. I'd love to be able to do a proverbial trust fall
in every tough situation or at the crossroads of every significant life
choice to see if others catch me but to be honest I'm not there yet.
There is definitely a group of people I would trust to do that with, but
I wouldn't just step into a room of strangers and say "HAY CATCH ME -
I'M FALLING BACKWARDS - READY ONE TWO THREE..."
Trust is such a
huge word that I cant seem to give it enough significance in this little
blog. What I'm trying to say is I can't define it in terms that
emphasize its importance in my daily life.
I recently spent about
a week being my own life coach and I began to go over and define my
personal values in ten key areas of life that are most important to me. I
found that any category involving people, TRUST or mutual trust was my
key value. In other words in order for me to function in or have a
meaningful and fulfilling relationship with someone else I need trust.
First and foremost. Period. Simply stated I need to trust the individual
and I need to feel trusted. Not just one sided trust but mutual trust, a
genuine common trust that isn't looking over its shoulder looking for
shadows or doubt. It doesn't speculate or think the worst or assume or
jump to conclusions. Mutual trust doesn't even think partially bad. In
every area from my marriage and children, to my extended family, and
even further reaching into my work and social activities, trust was the
common thread that tied together all my values.
This was a
significant discovery about life for me and I realize why I do some of
the things I do and why I react and act a certain way in given
situations or emotions or even towards people. Its directly tied to my
values in that area. Even an undefined value presents the possibility to
motivate me in a certain direction or in a certain reactionary way.
Possibly because its not defined or under defined but in any case I
still react to that situation or emotion based on the values I have in
my heart. Its a compelling answer to the question "why" and its made me
make more sense of myself and why I do what I do. Its given me a way of
correcting myself and its been a big encouragement to me.
I
stopped and thought of the most beautiful people in my life and checked
my heart. I spent some time thinking if I was a trusting person. Can my
wife and children, family and friends rely on me and trust me? Can they
trust my actions and activities when we are apart... can they trust my
thought life and my plans... can they trust my hopes and dreams for them
and myself... can they trust what I say and do?
I'm not through
with thinking about the importance of TRUST, I just wanted to share with
you where I was with it today and encourage you to ask yourself a few
questions I did - "Whats most important to you in life - what are you
values - what defines you?" "What makes you react and act the way you
do?" "Do you like it?" "What steps do you need to take to define your
values?" "What's for dessert?"
-Todd
Trust Fall
What has stopped you from trusting?
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