Hi, Em
I do! 🙂

It’s a tough road, if I’m totally honest. I’ve only really just got the hang of it and I’ve been practising for a good year now, although it’s different for each person of course.
I think it helps a lot, and paired with meditation it relaxes the body and mind and relieves you of a lot of stress.

It doesn’t take any effort at all, and actually makes your relationships with people (both friends and family, acquaintances and strangers) a lot more fulfilling.
Being mindful and taking more notice of your surroundings and your peers will mean you’ll ‘see’ more than you used to, maybe even understand more about a friend or family member that you thought you knew everything about (but you didn’t because you may have not been paying full attention to everything around you and them).

Part of being mindful is to hear, see, taste, touch and smell without reacting. For example, if you have an itch – be mindful of that itching sensation, be aware of it, but resist the temptation to react to it.
The same goes with every day situations, arguments or normal conversations. Be aware of what’s going on, what’s being said, how the person looks when they’re talking (facial expressions, body language) etc, but be mindful. Resist the temptation to ‘butt in’ at the wrong time, resist the temptation to let your mind wonder about wherever you are.

I’m going to wrap this up before I go off on a complete tangent (it’ll probably end up not making much sense after a while), basically what I’m trying to say is that yes mindfulness definitely helps with relationships of all kinds!
It’s definitely brilliant if you want a better relationship with your mother/father/children/siblings.

I hope this helped 🙂
Sorry about how long it is.

~ Emily