There’s a quiet shift that happens in therapy — and in relationships — when judgement begins to soften and curiosity takes its place. So many people carry an inner dialogue that sounds harsh and unforgiving: “Why am I like this?”“I should be coping better.”“What’s wrong with me?” But judgement tends to close doors.Curiosity opens them. …
Underneath Every Behaviour Is a Feeling: Why Curiosity Helps Us Heal More Than Judgement
When someone we love behaves in a way that confuses, angers, hurts, or frustrates us, it’s natural to jump to conclusions. We label people as dramatic, attention-seeking, promiscuous, needy, lazy, or difficult.But these labels only tell us what we see. They reveal nothing about what is happening inside. If we look beneath the behaviour, we …
