December 5, 2011 – 3:07 pm
Let’s remember the basic facts: women and men are basically different.
Furthermore, their desire to live together doesn’t make the differences disappear – thinking that confrontations will magically not happen is even more magic! Partners need a protocol to manage inevitable confrontations and they need to know how to do relationship repair.
Managing confrontations can be discovered [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Anger Management, Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationship Repair, Relationships
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Also tagged communication, conflict resolution, constructive conflict, healthy conflict, Healthy Marriage, marriage, needs, needs satisfaction, reflective listening, relationship repair, Relationships, repair, satisfaction
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Let’s take a different perspective on conflict. Not one that tells the usual story about a victim and a victimizer, but a balanced view including both sides’ perspectives, as two players participating in a shared game: to get satisfaction of their own needs.
Any relationship is an implicit contract in which both individuals promise to help [...]
By alfaprima
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Posted in Marriage and Communications, Passive Aggressive Behavior, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Also tagged appreciation, conflict resolution, confrontation, control, feelings, fight, frustration, growth, isolation, loneliness, love, recognition, Relationships, respect, Self-Esteem
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August 31, 2010 – 7:01 am
by ANONYMOUS,
COURTESY OF http://www.careerlife.net/business/hr/
The six most important words:
I admit that I was wrong.
The five most important words:
You did a great job.
The four most important words:
What do you think?
The three most important words:
Could you please. . .
The two most important words:
Thank you.
The most important word:
We.
The least important word:
I.
KEEP THIS LIST HANDY, JUST IN CASE EVERYTHING ELSE [...]