![Strategies to use during difficult conversations
1. Show Respect for Your Spouse. Don't speak down to your spouse. Don't assume your spouse knows what you want to talk about. Don't interrupt when your spouse is speaking.
2. Be Aware of Non-verbal Communication. Maintain eye contact. Acknowledge what you hear with the understanding that acknowledgement is not necessarily agreement.
3. Be Prepared. Back up your concerns, thoughts, and ideas with research and facts. Keep your conversation on the topic you agreed to discuss. Don't talk on and on.
4. Reach an Agreement You Both Can Live With. Then set a time to follow-up to see how you are both dealing with the issue.
5. Know When to Get Help. If the issue or situation continues to create problems in your marriage, the two of you may have the need for a counsellor or a mediator.
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Strategies to use during difficult conversations1. Show Respect for Your Spouse. Don't speak down to your spouse. Don't assume your spouse knows what you want to talk about. Don't interrupt when your spouse is speaking.
2. Be Aware of Non-verbal Communication. Maintain eye contact. Acknowledge what you hear with the understanding that acknowledgement is not necessarily agreement.
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3. Be Prepared. Back up your concerns, thoughts, and ideas with research and facts. Keep your conversation on the topic you agreed to discuss. Don't talk on and on.
4. Reach an Agreement You Both Can Live With. Then set a time to follow-up to see how you are both dealing with the issue.
5. Know When to Get Help. If the issue or situation continues to create problems in your marriage, the two of you may have the need for a counsellor or a mediator.
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