38. Improve your COMMUNICATION SKILLS with your partner

<p>Improve your COMMUNICATION SKILLS with your partner.</p> <p>Discover how to express your inner feelings with pushing your partner away.</p> <p>(and even hear their inner feelings too).</p> <p>I have seen too many couples feel like they are living parallel lives with their partners.</p> <p>Many couples feel lonely in their marriage and feel like it should be easier.</p> <p>I get what it’s like to be drifting apart without a clear way to steer the ships back together.</p> <p>By hitting the relationship research and truly doing my best to put the theory into practice, I have transformed by own relationship and what to give you the tools to do that too. In this episode we discuss:</p> <p>Instead to improve your communication here are some steps you can take.</p> <p>1. Look at timing.</p> <p>2. Work on being a great listener</p> <p>3. Communicate back what you have heard</p> <p>4. Ask questions</p> <p>5. When your partner is done share your point of view.</p> <p>Remember there are always different ways to look at things.</p> <p>To improve your communication take time to practice.</p> <p>Want help? Check out the emotional intimacy cheat sheet. IT’s a guide to help you create a speaker-listener exercise with your partner, with done for you questions to ask your partner os you can practice your skills.</p> <p>Text sheet to 1-313-710-9683 to get your copy of the emotional intimacy cheat sheet so you can try this out for yourself.</p> <p>This will help you develop the tools to create connection.</p> <p>That way you can stop living in a lonely relationship, that feels like you keep drifting farther apart.</p> <p>Instead learn what it's like to cultivate connection, feel respected and like what you have to say really matters.</p> <p>Until next time remember communication with your partner is really a skill so keep practicing.</p> <p><br></p> <p>This podcast is for informational purposes only.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Host- Amber Dalsin is a psychologist and couples therapist in Mississauga Ontario.</p>