The 5 key areas of conflict in relationships: Managing Finances
As a couple you may have separate finances, savings, assets, debts, credit cards etc and at some point you will need to either talk about your individual situation or your combined financial position.
Keep practicing what you have learnt: 4 tips to breaking patterns of negativity
Once you have learned the techniques of fighting fair, practice them over and over until they become second nature. Your objective is to be able to use these techniques during the heat of a battle instead of resorting to your old, ineffective ways.
Simply empathising is enough, you don't have to solve the problem: 4 tips to breaking patterns of negativity
Validating your partners’ emotions by looking at the situation from his or her viewpoint can bring enormous benefits to your relationship
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw)
Emphasising the importance of self-awareness before successful engagement with your partner, the model is a process of learning new habits to create personal and interpersonal effectiveness.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 6: Synergise)
Achieving synergy requires high trust and high cooperation and therefore we need to practice empathic communication. Whilst trust grows through synergistic interaction, replacing fear and doubt, exhibiting trustworthiness and building trustworthy relationships is vital - synergy often follows
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood)
By listening and understanding your partner - by truly listening, your relationship can be renewed, and intimacy will follow. Be patient and seek to understand... you will get your chance to express your thoughts and feeling.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Learn and practice Win/Win in your marriage and discover the better way and the intimacy that it creates
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 3: Put First Things First)
Putting first things first is about staying on track, taking the initiative, exercising willpower and getting the important things done.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 2: Begin with the End In Mind)
By creating the future in your mind, you can imagine a course of action, pursue it and then conscientiously decide what you will do (and won't do) with your time, talents and tools.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Couples (Habit 1 - Be Proactive)
Being proactive is more than just taking action. In this first habit, you have the ability to consciously choose how you respond to your partner rather than responding to the prevailing conditions or instincts or conditioning.
Marital Check-up: Designed to activate dialogue, discovery and increase the overall quality of your relationship
The goal is for a marital checkup is to empower couples to deal with issues on their own and to emphasise prevention over remediation.
Speak non-defensively: 4 tips to breaking patterns of negativity
Listen and speak in a way that does not engender defensiveness but, instead, fosters healthy discussion. “Praise and admiration” are the best weapons to keep negative thoughts at bay
What matters is how we discuss and solve disagreements: 4 tips to breaking patterns of negativity
You can’t resolve your differences productively if your heart is racing and you feel overwhelmed. Before you respond, take a deep breath, count to 5 and think about your response
Marriage presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities for couples
Married Couples enjoy the many benefits of married life together, but they also face the daily challenges of communicating effectively and resolving the issues involved with running a household, parenting children and managing finances
Are you dating and wondering whether marriage is for you? Couple assessment provides insights and discoveries that can last a lifetime.
It can be a useful exercise for Dating Couples to assess the health of their current dating relationship, their level of commitment and to consider their future together.