Practicing Radical Acceptance
Radical acceptance is a distress tolerance skill that encourages full embrace of reality, even when it's painful or challenging. It's about acknowledging the present situation without judgment or resistance, reducing suffering by recognizing the facts, even if they are not what you want.
Building self-respect with the F.A.S.T. method
The FAST skill is an important component for communication as it allows you to maintain your self-respect and requires you to be truthful about the problems (even if you are tactful about how you frame them) without sacrificing your values or integrity.
