Show Appreciation: Building Connection | Anxiety Specialist | @caroline-cavanagh

3 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief advice segment, Caroline Cavanagh emphasizes the importance of explicitly letting people know they are valued. She advises moving beyond text messages to express appreciation in person, using eye contact and direct verbal acknowledgment—such as thanking someone for a job well done or a kind gesture. By highlighting how a person's presence and behavior positively affect others, she argues that this direct appreciation strengthens connections and reinforces the significance of the individual's actions.

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And the third tip, and the one that I really think is the most important, is let people know you value them. Doing it by text, great, but looking someone in the eye and go, I really appreciate you doing that, and it may be saying thank you for a job well done or appreciating a kind gesture. Letting people know that their presence, their behaviour makes a difference on someone else is really important.