Communication & Relationships Course - 10

Communication & Relationships Course - 10: "Improving Communication Skills in Relationships

Create a context in which your partner can feel free to share feelings, thoughts, fantasies, hurts, and complaints, without the fear that you will condemn, attack, lecture, or simply withdraw. We tend to be as critical of others as we are of ourselves.

* Know that you have a right to your feelings as others have a right to theirs.
* Working on a relationship always begins with working on ourselves.
* Try not to blame all of the relational problems on your partner.
* Remember, you only have control over changing yourself, not others, and the temptation is to blame others for our problems.
* Don't rush yourself into sharing emotionally painful information.
* Sometimes it's best to write out your concerns in private then share them with your partner at a later time."

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posted by Robert Heard at 9:47 AM