Thanks for coming back!! Don’t forget to sign up to receive future posts by email What is miscommunication? Miscommunication is defined as when the givers’ message, the intent does not match with the receivers impact. Let me explain further. The intent is what the giver was intending to communicate. After the giver sends [...]
I would like to share some thoughts with you all on anger. Anger is the emotion we feel when something good (a relationship) is being threatened by something bad (a lie). That was just an example. Often times people struggle with anger because they do not allow themselves to fully feel their real emotions. Feelings [...]
For a lot of couples, destructive communication comes out of a desire for honest communication. I will often hear things like, “Well, shouldn’t I be honest with her?” Or “He needs to know how I feel, I can’t keep it all bottled in!” In John Ghottmans book, A Guide to Communication he illustrates four constructive [...]
So today is July 5th, I’m one day late on this blog… But I would like to write on FREEDOM. On July 4th every year we realize again and again that our right to freedom was NEVER free and thousands of soldiers gave up their life to give us that right, On a day like this, [...]
I have been working with a lot of couples recently who complain of “constant fighting” As I listen to these couples share their problems with me. I see them fighting about topics and engaging in the blame game, not addressing the REAL issue in the argument. Couples will point the fingers and blame the other person for [...]