How successful couples handle conflict : Life Kit : NPR
10 months, 1 week ago

How successful couples handle conflict : Life Kit : NPR

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The secret to lasting love might just be knowing how to fight Enlarge this image LA Johnson/NPR LA Johnson/NPR If you love someone, learn how to fight with them. "Conflict really has a purpose," says John Gottman, "and the purpose is mutual understanding." It aims to teach couples "how to have conflicts that don't push them apart but instead produce connection and compassion for one another," says Julie Schwartz Gottman. "When you feel deeply attacked and there's no way out, people will move into flight or fight" mode, in which stress hormones course through the body, says Julie Schwartz Gottman. Instead of feeling like a victim, dwelling on what your partner said or planning out your argument, Julie Schwartz Gottman says it's important to spend this time away from your partner doing something self-soothing.

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How healthy couples use conflict to grow closer
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How healthy couples use conflict to grow closer

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How healthy couples use conflict to grow closer Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode A guide to being brave in relationships. John Gottman and Julie Gottman John Gottman and Julie Gottman are co-founders of the Gottman Institute, where they work to restore and strengthen couples' relationships. Together, the pair created a four-stage clinical training program, and over the …

How To Identify Unresolved Conflicts And Their Impact On Relationships
1 year ago

How To Identify Unresolved Conflicts And Their Impact On Relationships

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Relationships, whether within families, romantic partnerships, or elsewhere, inevitably encounter conflicts. Without this, parties might harbour bitterness, leading to a gradual drifting apart in their relationships. In a recent Instagram post, relationship advisor Julia Woods emphasised that conflict itself isn’t the issue; rather, the challenge lies in not effectively resolving conflicts to foster growth and connection within relationships. The problem …

How to manage disagreements that we cannot resolve? Therapist shares tips
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How to manage disagreements that we cannot resolve? Therapist shares tips

Hindustan Times  

Not all disagreements can be resolved. But knowing how to manage them, and find common ground is important to create a healthy relationship. Contrary to popular beliefs, conflicts and disagreements in a relationship are healthy as they open up new perspectives for us and help us to get more clarity. Here are some tips to help you manage unresolvable issues,' …

Things we need to do to manage conflict well: Expert shares tips
2 years, 3 months ago

Things we need to do to manage conflict well: Expert shares tips

Hindustan Times  

Relationships take a lot of efforts and a lot of work to be carried forward. Because, conflicts may help us understand the perspectives of our partners better, but conflicts that are not addressed for a long time, can adversely affect the relationship as well. Things we need to do to manage conflict well: Expert shares tips Marriage and Family Therapist …

How to resolve conflict in relationship or marriage? Relationship experts answer
2 years, 7 months ago

How to resolve conflict in relationship or marriage? Relationship experts answer

Hindustan Times  

People have different opinions, experiences and beliefs, which influence us in how we deal with life let alone sticky conflictual situations and couples in a relationship or marriage are no different hence, conflicts, disagreements and arguments are normal and expected, whether in a romantic connection or a platonic one but they don't have to be damaging or hostile when couples …

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