Relationships

Hello and welcome to our third section of podcasts called “relationships” My name is Katherine Toruño and today’s topic is “family”.

When we hear the word FAMILY, it comes to our minds the relatives, such as dad, mom, siblings, grandpa, grandma, aunts, uncles and so on; But Family has a paramount meaning, that is to say, something deeper.

It is supposed that your family members are the ones who are closest to you, but that is not the case in all families due to some differences that may exist between some of the members, and they do not get along well with all of them. There are some particular things that make a family, for instance, communication, respect for each other, kindness, support, and one of the most essential parts ´´LOVE´´.

Respect to all the members of the family keeps being crucial to building good communication among the whole family, respecting the opinions and thoughts that they could have about some topics, that sometimes are controversial for some people to talk about owing to the traditions and beliefs occasionally. On the other side, when we talk about support, normally comes to our head economic support, but it is more than that, the family should be a shoulder to cry on when one of the family´s members is passing through a bad moment in his or her life.

Lastly, we must keep in mind that families are not just the ones who have the same bloodline or genes, but the ones who are always there when you need them the most. In many cases, some people receive more backing from a stranger than their own families, Therefore, being Family is to create a special environment or attachment with someone; It could be called friendship.

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Hi, and welcome to our second episode of relationships, my name is Arelys Davila and I am going to talk to you about an interesting topic which is friendship.

Friendship has an important role in our lives; therefore, we should think about what makes a good friend. When we start establishing interpersonal relationships with someone, obviously we state some opinion about a person, or we ask ourselves what am I looking for in a person to become friends, however, friendship not necessarily has to be like we imagine, an ideal friend, same qualities, or to have the same purposes, thoughts about something, we might still have different opinions and goals in our lives, but above all, we respect the mentality of the other.

Some people argue that there are no true friends, in some cultures the dog is considered the best man’s friend but if we think about this, it is hard when you don't have someone who can talk or listen to you when you need it. Sometimes we categorize our friends, that is to say, we have some friends that are closer than others. There are people that have only occasional friends, that is to say just in special events and celebrations.

We have to take into account the importance of having good and true friends, they have to make you feel with self-confidence, particularly when there are a lot of struggles that cause stress and depression sometimes, but if you have friends it’s going to be easier to go through all those difficult situations. Making friends can be challenging for some asocial people because it is a process that takes time for them to start to believe and confide in somebody new. On the other side, those individuals sometimes are not interested in making friends owing to they feel more comfortable when they are alone.

On the other hand, friends will not always be there for everything, because they need time alone, it means as friends we must respect each other space. It is crucial to bear in mind that our friends can have more friends and they may need time to hang out too. If we want to get a good friend, we must be one of them since that currently the ones that you consider your true friends occasionally stab you in the back when they have the chance, for that reason sincere Friends must be valued.

 

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Hello and welcome to our last episode of relationships section. My name is Julio Davila and today I going to share with you about Healthy relationships.

 

According to the book courage to be disliked states that, once grown up, as individuals we will get entangled in all kinds of relationships with different people, it consists of our lives but, what sense do we give our relationships or how do we conserve healthy relationships.

When we have problems in our relationships whether that is with our friends or our partner or even with society is due mainly to dishonestly, mistrust, and bad communication. All of those things do not contribute to building a good and healthy relationship; on top of that if we are dishonest nobody is going to trust us. Also, we can observe many situations about toxic relationships, it can be caused by the misuse of social media and for people who like to be in conflicts for example: dating with somebody who is already engaged with his or her partner, or texting with a lot of people who do not want a simple friendship. We point out, that social media manipulation because is one of the issues that interrupt healthy relationships in some cases. Sometimes, in accordance with what some people do in social media that defines the level of connection and confidence for some individuals, for this reason, we have to be careful with this sort of issue.

As we already said the things that do not contribute to a good relationship, now we have to state which are the requirements to keep a healthy relationship. One of them could be to get away from people that intervene in our lives, that is to say, those who are toxic people and damage our mental health, in this way, we can avoid relationship problems. In the case of marriage, one of the bases more essentials are honesty, compromise, and good communication between the couples; it makes a healthy relationship.

On the other side, getting along well with people that are not our relatives (social individuals) is another way to carry out healthy relationships on debated themes such as religion, politics, and diverse social topics. Indeed, it is completely normal that each person has a different opinion about something and it makes us critical, talking in a good sense, if as human beings we respect each other, we will get a better society and healthier relationships putting as main principle tolerance.

When people are in a healthy relationship, they feel more connected to each other’s and they are satisfied with the relationship, we have to keep in mind, communication is an important element to building healthy relationships, it means both of them can express themselves freely, and at the same time, solving issues in their daily lives. Nowadays, is difficult to develop a healthy and honest relationship because most girls and boys just want to hang out, have sex, drink liquor, and so on, it is not healthy for anyone but when there are people who are focused on what they need, it is totally different, because they complement to each other. Healthy relationships are not easy to build. However, if the individuals are willing to create and maintain good relationships, they will live better their lives either with the family, friends, partners, or society.

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