Acknowledging the emotions of others builds psychological safety and opens a gap for magic to happen. I want you to find out for yourself. I want you to try it. I want you to know for yourself. And in this article, I will try to inspire you to give it a go and give you a basic approach that you can make your own.
What I’m about to tell you is based on a true story. This happened just yesterday…
Anna was visibly upset at the news: she’d just found out that four of her peers were leaving her personal development cohort. (Anna isn’t her real name, of course.) This was a big deal for her because Anna is slow to trust. And she’d learned to be very vulnerable with this group, and she was really starting to move from strength to strength in her personal development work.
And now this.
Something she’d benefited so much from and had come to value so much was being taken away…