In this episode we've gathered 5 essential strategies from our therapy practices to help you navigate and minimise conflicts in your relationships.

• Listen Without Fracking: Avoid fixing, rescuing, advice-giving, complaining, or killing the discussion. This ensures you're truly present with your partner's feelings without imposing your own solutions or dismissing their experiences.
• Reflective Summarising: Enhance understanding by mirroring back what your partner says. This shows you are listening and processing their feelings effectively, fostering a deeper emotional connection.
• Expressing Your Needs Clearly: Being self-aware and communicative about your own needs helps prevent misunderstandings and reduces conflict.
• The HALT Technique: Before discussions escalate, pause and assess if you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. Addressing these basic needs can prevent many unnecessary arguments.
• Focus on the Real Issues: Look beyond the surface arguments to understand the underlying concerns. This approach helps in addressing the root causes of conflict rather than just the symptoms.

The Five Day Couples Communication Challenge: A comprehensive guide to improving communication with your partner. CLICK HERE TO JOIN

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Tune in to our next episode, "The Right Way to Say Sorry: A Guide for Couples," where we uncover the mistakes you are making and give you the tools to apologise so your partner hears and believes you.

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