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Rituals for the Family

Create Shared Meaning: Rituals for the Family

Ellie Lisitsa

Creating shared meaning by establishing rituals of connection is not just for couples. Traditions can bring your whole family together.

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Create Shared Meaning: Examining Your Rituals

Ellie Lisitsa

What rituals of connection to you and your partner have together? Here's how to look at what you've got that connects you.

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Moving Forward

Manage Conflict: Moving Forward

Ellie Lisitsa

The real predictor of a relationship’s failure is a couple’s inability to manage conflict in a healthy manner and to move forward.

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Triggers

Manage Conflict: Identifying Your Triggers

Ellie Lisitsa

Working on understanding each other’s triggers is one of the most important things that you can do to avoid hurting one another.

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The Aftermath of a Fight

Manage Conflict: The Aftermath of a Fight

Ellie Lisitsa

When you make repair attempts early, you can salvage the point of the conversation and create a more productive and positive outcome.

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Homework Assignment: Compromise

Ellie Lisitsa

Many couples fail to compromise on issues because they go about trying to compromise in the wrong way.

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The Art of Compromise

Manage Conflict: The Art of Compromise

Ellie Lisitsa

We’ve all been in the middle of an argument that we know we cannot win, understanding that our frustration has overwhelmed all sense of perspective. 

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Homework Assignment: Repair Attempts

Ellie Lisitsa

Make repair attempts a priority with your partner and the way you communicate and manage conflict will change for the good.

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Emotional Affair coffee date

Manage Conflict: Repair and De-Escalate

Ellie Lisitsa

Here are a few examples of phrases that you can use to help repair and de-escalate when conversations get tense.

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couple in conflict

Manage Conflict: Using Compromise as an Opportunity to Build Intimacy

Jennifer Bingaman

Dr. Gottman found that compromise is essential to managing conflict in relationships.

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The 12 Year Study

Ellie Lisitsa

The Gottmans have made a commitment to assuring that lesbian and gay couples have resources to help strengthen and support their relationships.

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