Why Improve Self Disclosure?

Romance, some say, may not be an old concept in Western civilization. Our films are wont to add tumultuous love interests to ancient heroes like Beowulf, Achilles, Alexander, or Caesar, but many cultural theorists, textual experts, and sociologists have argued again and again that sexuality, which is the foundation for modern day romance, is a rather new creation of society, dating back merely a couple hundred years. According to many, Romantic love, or the affection two souls generate when they find kindred spirits in one another, began in the French stories of knights and chivalry. More traditional research, however, claims to find evidence of romance and intimate love in all cultures throughout history. Truly, love is a strange and enigmatic thing.

In this free relationship video series, communications expert Tracy Goodwin teaches you how to practice healthy self disclosure and active listening. You will learn how to give enough information without overloading, how to politely refuse to share more personal information, how to choose people to whom you can disclose, and more. Tracy also gives tips for active, empathetic listening. She helps you give positive, affirming feedback and build trust. You will learn about keeping confidences and secrets and why using information against someone destroys relationships.

"Hi, there I'm Tracy Goodwin, and I'm the red sweater lady, and today were going to be talking about how to improve yourself disclosure, and what is that? Well, self disclosure is how much you tell people about yourselves. Do you tell them nothing?, or you tell them your deepest darkest secrets, or somewhere in between. There's actually a lot of benefits, it has been proven to self disclosure. Actually, it's a bit dangerous to walk around and never let anyone know anything about you. One of the greatest benefits is, they've actually done studies on health, and people who disclose more about themselves, have better health. There less vulnerable to illness, they, you know, things like the common cold, and the flu, they tend to not get those as often if they have a good friend, or person that they disclose information to. Also, when trauma happens, people that are willing to talk about that trauma, they get a lot of relief, and are not as subjected to illness either. So there's lots of benefits for your relationship, and for you, and there's just a few easy steps you can follow to reveal more about yourself, and improve yourself concept, and your relationships."