Trust: Simple Yet Complicated

Trust can be tough to untangle, it has multiple meanings and like most concepts, has different perspectives for each of us. But we’re going to try it anyway. We’ll start with the definitions of trust we’re working with (Source: Merriam-Webster), continuing into a couple of recent stories serving as personal reminders. One includes a pair of kite surfers at the beach and how trust appeared from my eye to guide each of them. The second involves an incident in the woods where what I trusted externally failed spectacularly and I was forced to trust within. Next we’ll break down Brene Brown’s Elements for Trust B- Boundaries R- Reliability A- Accountability V- Vault I- Integrity N- Non-judgement G- Generosity (Source: https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/BRAVING.pdf) From there, we’ll jump into some feedback left when I posted the following questions… 1. How does someone GAIN your trust? 2. How does someone LOSE your trust? 3. What does it mean to trust YOURSELF and what does that look like? To find more of my content (writing and podcasts) please visit https://misfitsandwanderers.substack.com/ Thank you for listening, please like, subscribe and share. If you have the means, please consider supporting Misfits: Venmo: richlevesque10 Cashapp: $richlevesque10 Social links: https://instagram.com/misfitwanders https://twitter.com/misfitwanders https://tiktok.com/misfitsandwanderers https://linktr.ee/Misfitsandwanderers The purpose of this episode is simply to inform and offer ideas and possibilities for further exploration. Nothing said is to be taken as medical or any other advice without consulting with your service providers. The host, guests, anyone associated with creating this content or any of the hosting platforms do not acknowledge responsibility for any contrary actions taken by any listener. Created using Audacity and Wondershare Filmora This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit beaconroad.substack.com