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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 its unpleasant for the other person to hear, agreeing for
the sake of keeping the peace, and not clearly asking for what she wants.
Ottos
communication challenges are making assumptions, imagining fear in the future,
black and white thinking, and not speaking about whats 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.
************************* 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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