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Write to Make Your Relationship Right – Part 2

Last week, I discussed with you the benefits of writing in order to help relieve the pent-up emotions you feel, whether they’re brought on by some incident with your mate or from something else. As I said, pent-up emotions that aren’t expressed, don’t go away. By doing free association writing, it allows you to purge them. When you do, not only will you feel better emotionally, but it will help to ensure that these feelings will not leak onto your partner. For the two of you But writing can also be a wonderful tool to use with your partner. More…

Write to Make Your Relationship Right

Every now and then, I speak with a couple who report to me that they never fight. When I hear that, a red flag goes up for me. It’s inevitable that couples are going to have conflicts. As a matter of fact, one of the predictors of whether a couple will last or not is how they handle their conflicts. There are actually skills that a couple can learn in order to deal with conflicts better. To help couples learn these skills, I offer a free teleseminar, “The 7 Tools to Manage Conflict Communication in Your Relationship.” Write on However, in today’s post, I want to discuss another technique that I don’t speak about in the teleseminar. This simple tool -- writing -- has wonderful value as has been proven by research. More…