In a previous post, we talked about how your relationship is like a basketball game. The defender is a large part of what causes difficulties in the way we connect and communicate with our significant other. It is also the part of our protection against things that are not safe emotionally and physically. These are…
Your relationship is like a basketball game. Have you even been talking to your spouse and get the feeling you are talking about two completely different things? How about when you talk to your spouse later on and bring up what you were talking about, and they remember a completely different kind of conversation? What…
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[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Reduce conflict with your significant other: Try a Timeout
1. Ongoing fighting and arguing about the same or similar issues Arguing and fighting (not physically) occur naturally in a relationship and are even healthy to some degree. However, when these conflicts arise out of the same issues repeatedly, they start to build a pattern of tension and self-protection in a relationship. This will curb…
