If I’ve learned anything from living through a pandemic it’s that all of our relationships are being tested. Whether it’s sheltering in place with your adult children or waaaaay too much together time as a couple, I think we are all learning that good communication skills are key to a peaceful household and healthy relationships.
I remember what it was like moving back in with my parents after my divorce in the early ’90s. I was 26 years old, my life as I knew it was in shambles, and now I had to navigate being an adult living with people who still saw me as a little kid. Clearly I had poor communication skills. I didn’t even know how to ask for what I needed let alone feeling worthy to ask.
Often we are made to feel that asking for what we want or need is selfish. We sit around hoping people can read our minds and figure it out. Occasionally we even throw in a few passive-aggressive tactics because then maybe, just maybe, someone will get the hint and realize we are upset about something. This is just a recipe for more heartbreak and deeper miscommunication.
In episode 4 I chat with Risa Gaull Brophy as she shares her story about struggling through an unfulfilling marriage and co-dependency. Her breakthrough birthed a simple framework for constructive communication that you can use to resolve conflict, express how you feel, and ask for what you need.
Risa is a Self-Love and Relationship Coach, and creator of the “Be True to You: Getting the Love You Want” program. She is also a Mind-Body Wellness Specialist, has been teaching QiGong (“Chee-Gong”) for over 20 years, and does Remote Energy Healing with Intuitive Readings. She uses these modalities, along with Transformational Life Coaching, to help her clients break free from self-judgment, old patterns, and limiting beliefs, so they can move ahead with the clarity, confidence, and courage they need to create healthy, fulfilling relationships, which truly honor who they are.
Learn more about Risa at: Fullcirclewellnessct.com
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