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Improve Communication
"What are your Communication
Challenges?"
By
Susie and Otto Collins
What are your communication challenges?
We
all have developed communication challenges along the way--unhealthy
patterns and ways of avoiding communicating what we are honestly
feeling in situations.
For us, even though we have a great
relationship and work hard at communicating clearly, we sometimes
lapse into old patterns when conflict comes up. We're guessing
that many of you do the same.
When
old patterns come up for Susie, they usually manifest in unhealthy
ways like being afraid of speaking her truth if it’s unpleasant
for the other person to hear, agreeing for the sake of keeping
the peace, and not clearly asking for what she wants.
Otto’s
communication challenges are making assumptions, imagining fear
in the future, black and white thinking, and not speaking about
what’s bothering him but letting things build up.
What gets in the way of your ability
to communicate with the people in your life?
Are you immediately defensive when
someone starts to criticize something you are doing or calls
attention to something you could improve?
Do you think one thing and say another?
Is your mind always somewhere else
instead of listening to the people in your life?
Take a few moments and write down
the ways that you stop communication with other people. If you
have a partner or a close friend, talk over your challenges
with them.
Talk
about ways that you might be able to stop yourself from going
into some of these unhealthy communication patterns. Talk about
how you'd like to communicate in your life.
Clear, honest communication is a skill
that can be learned if you have the desire to do so. Making
yourself aware of your particular communication issues is one
of the first steps to creating close, connected relationships.
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Relationship coaches Susie and Otto Collins,
authors of "Should You Stay or Should You Go?" and "No More
Jealousy" are experts at helping people get more of the love
they really want. Learn the 5 keys to a closer, more loving
relationship, click below for your free 5-part mini-course:
http://www.Relationshipgold.com
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