How to give — and seek — validation with Caroline Fleck

Seeking acceptance and validation is a natural part of the human experience — but do you know how to dish it out? Clinical psychologist Caroline Fleck believes that knowing how to give others the validation they need might be the key to building stronger relationships. She and Adam discuss some simple ways to recognize and validate another person’s feelings, the distinction between empathetic validation and exaggerated praise, and why sometimes saying less is more.

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