Coach Ambereen says self-respect starts with protecting your energy. When your spouse comes home upset, listen without reacting, give them space, and end with a hug. Small intentional actions build a respectful home.
Respecting yourself means preserving your energy, doing right by you. And that means oftentimes communicating in a way where you're speaking less and really channeling this energy and this way of being that communicates the other person that, you know what? I'm not entertaining this, nor am I here to kind of get wrapped up and involved in it. Can you imagine when you. When your spouse comes home and it's like it's bickering about something that happened at work, and you're just there to listen, not react, not engage in that. You're just there to listen. Allow them that session to kind of process and maybe wrap it up with a nice long hug to make them feel seen and heard. These small, tiny things that you'll start to do will really create a loving home environment.
