October 2019

Don’t allow an argument to escalate. Yes, you can stop mid-sentence.

The conversation may start off calmly enough, but when emotions get involved, things can flare up. And rather quickly. Not leading anywhere positive. Hopefully, one of you will notice this before it gets too hot, and will call a ‘time out’. –>“Let’s not let this get out of hand and say things we will both […]

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Take care of the weeds before they take over the field.

Sometimes your upset is because this incident is yet one more example of a trend in your marriage. This yet one more incident where your schedule was not taken into account at all. Lousy investment practices, upsetting parenting tactics, selfishness. Lead with the big picture and bring in the latest incident as ‘evidence’. In other

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This Yom Kippur, daven for: even better words to express your thoughts & feelings.

The metaphors and words which we think in frame our attitudes. Think about the differences: –> “Wow, we have a problem” or –> “We have to tackle this challenge” or –> “This is an opportunity to try something new” or –> “Let’s play with some ideas here” Framing situations in more positive ways gets us

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