Episode 6
How Are You? Really?
Being Present with People You Love
Dinner with the people you love.
One-word answers. Talk about tomorrow's schedule.
You smile and pass the salt, and inside you wonder: does anyone actually see me?
In this episode I share the evening my wife told me she didn't need me to fix anything.
And what I learned about the difference between performing presence and practicing it.
In this episode
- Why connection isn't built by doing more
- Performing presence versus practicing it
- What my wife taught me at the kitchen table
- How to listen without fixing
Walkthrough
00:00Dinner, phones and one-word answers
01:28You're tired of performing love
01:55Connection lives in presence, not in doing more
02:58The small moments that matter
03:55Performing presence
05:49"I sometimes just want to tell my story"
06:58Showing up is not the same as being present
07:57Listening without fixing
10:14Phone down, one breath, one real question
12:47This week's invitation
14:43You are hungry for something real
Worth keeping
"Connection isn't built through doing more.
Connection is built and felt through being present."
This week's invitation
Choose one moment this week.
Put down your phone, take one breath and ask someone:
"How are you, really?"
Then wait for the real answer.
No fixing. Just presence.
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