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58. Validation
recognition and acceptance of another person's thoughts,
feelings, sensations, and behaviors as understandable
(whether or not you agree)
59. 1. Be Present
2. Accurate Reflection
3. Mind Reading
4. Context: their background
5. “anyone would”
6. Radical Genuineness
Validation Levels
68. Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and freedom.
- Viktor Frankl
69. Anxiety
a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease,
typically about an imminent event or something
with an uncertain outcome.