Category Archives: Communication
How Technological Distractions Destroy Connections
What is the role of smartphones and apps in blocking the development of relationship connections?
How to Express Feelings… and How Not To
Effectively expressing feelings enables us to move on from troubling negative emotions. It also brings us closer to those with whom we share these feelings.
How to Heal After Upsets: A Safe 4-Step Route to Recovery
Mad at someone? Healing dialogues that lead to learning from a past upset can turn what felt like a curse into a blessing.
How Contempt Destroys Relationships
What is it about snide remarks and dismissive listening that make these habits so potently destructive?
How Do Your Relationships Flow?
Communication is the flow of information in relationships. Information flows between people just like water flows in nature's streams. Smooth laminar flow is good. Bumpy turbulence causes problems.
How Does Communication Flow in your Relationships?
Water, traffic and words all flow. When the flow is laminar, that is, smooth, the interactions feel cooperative. Blockage and turbulence in the flow of speech signal that cooperation has broken down, replaced by listening blockages and adversarilal stances.
How Gender Differences Make Decision-Making Difficult
Men rush for the finish line. Women explore, communicating about various underlying concerns. And therein lies the struggle. What can you do about it?
How Good Are You at the Art of Conversation? A Quiz
What makes a good conversationalist? These 10 key factors may surprise you.
Healthy Relationships Breathe In and Out Like An Accordion
What are the risks and potential solutions to nourishing both time together and time apart? Here's seven guidelines to think about.
Home Is Where You Feel Safe. How Emotionally Safe Is Yours?
How aware are you of potential emotional hazards in your household?