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2519 days ago

Useful tips for maintaining healthy relationships!

Sheril from Albany

ℹ️HOW TO HAVE HEALTHY ARGUMENTS:

Everybody can have arguments, you'll find these in healthiest of relationships and often times it becomes a monologue that blocks the communication channel where it should be a dialogue that sails the boat really🙃



then, how do you avoid the negativity that comes from a nasty argument among couples and turn it upside down to get better communication across instead?



TIPS:



1. Set a timer for each partner to put across their viewpoint!



2. Listen as well as speak



3. Calm down and cool off in between your turn( Be patient to other person's point of view, even when you do not agree with them.



RESULTS: This exercise gives an opportunity to create balance and bring out deep-seated issues/problems thereby resolving concerns leading to BETTER COMMUNICATION!

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