What’s the story you’re telling yourself? Welcome back to exploring this series, “Why Not Feeling Heard Hurts”. In the first article I shared with you why not feeling heard can be a source of conflict. We looked at the story of a couple I am calling Frank and Faye and the argument they had on the …
There are times in marriage and love relationships when partners try to say something important to the other and don’t feel heard and understood. There are other times when partners talk to each other in a way that isdifficult to hear. This usually happens when the message is delivered with criticism,judgment, blaming, shaming, yelling, or …
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3 Little Known Tips for Couples Communication Only if you want to improve your communication… Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Most of the time, the “honeymoon phase” for most couples would last forever if couples did not have to communicate. Now this is especially true when couples communicate about conflict, and even more so when they …
The 3rd Legacy Parents Need to Leave Their Children Gifts that keep on giving… Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Thank you for joining us to discover the 3rd most important legacy Boband Bea provided for their growing and developing children during theyears of their growth and development. They demonstrated how to respectfully resolve, dissolve and manage …
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The 2nd Important Legacy Parents Need to Leave Their Children Creating a family legacy… Photo by Shawnee D on Unsplash Thank you for joining us to discover the second most important legacy Bob and Bea provided for their growing and developing children: How to consistently communicate both verbally and nonverbally how much they mattered to each other. These …
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The 1st Important Legacy Parents Need to Leave Their Children and what NOT to do… Photo by Ayo Ogunseinde on Unsplash our most recent article you discovered how to get the arguments to stop. You’ll find it here. It is estimated that between 40–50% of married women complain that their husbands will not open up and talk to them …
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Ask Jesse and Melva: Managing Holidays Dear Melva and Jesse, It’s Christmas time again, and my husband and I continue with the same old argument, year after year. We fight over how much money we’ll spend on our grandkids and what we’ll spend the money on. He believes that our presents should be on practical …
3 Tips to Get Your Man to Open Up and what NOT to do… Photo by Ayo Ogunseinde on Unsplash our most recent article you discovered how to get the arguments to stop. You’ll find it here. It is estimated that between 40–50% of married women complain that their husbands will not open up and talk to them in …
Conflict Resolving Secrets (Video) Do you have what it takes? Photo by Ayo Ogunseinde on Unsplash Are you willing to do what it takes to resolve conflict? That is a good question. I’ll share with you what it takes (click below): Watch here BONUS TIP: Get Weekly Live Tips Every Sunday on Love, Marriage, and Life Sending blessings,Melva
Pre-Holiday Conflict and Miscommunication It’s that time of year again… Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash Dear Melva, We just put the Halloween decorations and costumes away. And in the middle of what I thought was a lovely afternoon, my husband and I had a horrible argument. I started talking about planning early for the holiday season. My …
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