How to Fight Smarter: Soften Your Start-Up

How to Fight Smarter: Soften Your Start-Up

  The Gottman Institute – Ellie Lisitsa, 2022 A six-year longitudinal study predicted the likelihood of a couple’s divorce by observing just the first three minutes of a conflict discussion. The couples who divorced started their discussions with...
How to Fight Smarter: Soften Your Start-Up

That Same Stupid Fight: Handling Conflict with Your Spouse

  That Same Stupid Fight: Handling Conflict with Your Spouse There’s a reason so many of us would rather get a cavity filled with Kenny G in the background than have that same … stupid … fight. Conflict with your spouse is inevitable for all couples. (Whoever got...
How to Fight Smarter: Soften Your Start-Up

The What, When and How of Family Boundaries

 Whether your relationship with your in-laws and your own family is usually pretty great or has its ups and downs, there are situations that test your family boundaries. If your families already struggle with boundary issues, certain circumstances may exacerbate...
How to Fight Smarter: Soften Your Start-Up

Protecting yourself with boundaries

By Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott July 28, 2021 In-laws & Family, MarriageOur families of origin have an immense impact on who we become as adults, and on our relationships. Whether friendships or romantic relationships, family imprints onto our...
How to Fight Smarter: Soften Your Start-Up

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By Ben McGuire, FamilyLife.com We sat on our blanket at the drive-in movie, not speaking. Not touching. Icy silence blew through the gap between us. This was our first real argument. Not the simple disagreements or miscommunications of marriage.  The kind that...