{"id":577,"date":"2014-06-03T21:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T21:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2021-02-26T04:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T04:53:09","slug":"the-power-of-patience-and-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/the-power-of-patience-and-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Relationships Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Friends.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-578 alignleft\" title=\"Two Friends South Lake Union Therapy\" alt=\"Two Friends\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southlakeuniontherapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Two-Friends.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\"><\/a>Why Relationships Matter<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Patience, kindness and the simple act of our LISTENING can mean the difference between unbearable suffering and a life worth living for many people around us.&nbsp;In listening to this episode of This American Life recently, I was struck by the positive transformation of an adopted child diagnosed with an attachment disorder that was likely the result of abuse or neglect as an infant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her story tells a basic truth I see in almost all success stories, not just in my therapy practice, but out in the world of everyday human interactions. Relationships are what make us tick and they really do have the power to heal. &nbsp;Click here to listen to the full story,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a title=\"Horse of a Different Color This American Life\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thisamericanlife.org\/radio-archives\/episode\/525\/call-for-help?act=3#play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\"Horse of a Different Color\"<\/span><\/a><\/span> produced by This American Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Relationships Matter Patience, kindness and the simple act of our LISTENING can mean the difference between unbearable suffering and a life worth living for many people around us.&nbsp;In listening to this episode of This American Life recently, I was struck by the positive transformation of an adopted child diagnosed with an attachment disorder that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,142,49,82,153],"tags":[141,84,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Relationships Matter &#8211; South Lake Union Therapy, Julie Wilson, MA, LMHC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Patience, kindness and simple LISTENING can mean the difference between suffering and a life worth living for those around us. 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