Gottman’s (Learn more about Gottman in this post here) book,Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, describes a repair attempt as…
Would you say your partner is stupid? If not, then why not go to them when you are struggling. I…
This goes along with the content communicating, but I feel it’s important enough ,and distinct enough, to get it’s own…
Say what you mean and mean what you say. My husband laughs at me because I am a very literal…
In conflict, do you set out intentionally trying to hurt or tick off your partner? Not saying that this doesn’t…
During arguments, how many times are we focused on what we can learn from this or what our partner must…
How many times a day are we reminded (by ourselves or others) that we have fallen short, are not good…
Learn to make SPECIFIC complaints & requests (when X happened, I felt Y, I want/need Z) As I shared in…
Validate your partner. Let them know what makes sense to you about what they are saying; let them know how…