6 Keys for Great Marriage Communication
In ALL marriages communication is the key to happiness!
By learning to use these six communication keys, you will enrich your marriage and move your relationship to a whole new level.
My parents never learned to communicate. Oh, they talked a lot – shouted and argued even more – but they never learned the keys for truly talking and listening to each other. Their relationship ended with a bitter divorce, following twenty years of marital chaos, and resulted in a shattered family and emotionally wounded children. It didn’t have to happen.
During the past thirty (30) years it has been our privilege to counsel numerous couples as they sought to enrich (and often to save) their marriages. In all of these relationships, there existed a primary ‘issue’ or challenge such as financial problems, infidelity, boredom, etc.
In each marriage the root cause for disharmony
was the lack of successful communication.
In some cases, one dominant spouse would attempt to change the other through persuasive argument. In others, the spouse with the loudest voice would ’win’ the argument ending with the quieter spouse in tears. This didn’t have to happen.
In each of these marriages, as the couples learned to put into practice the following ‘6 Keys for Great Marriage Communication’, the relationship improved and resulted in a much stronger marriage. Once they learned to communicate effectively, the couples were able to work through the underlying issues and resolve them.
Over the next six days, I will be posting a series of six sub-articles, each one providing details for one of the following ‘6 Keys for Great Marriage Communication’:
- Key #1: Hold Hands
- Key #2: Think Before You Speak and Re-format Your Words
- Key #3: Choose The Right Time To Talk
- Key #4: Learn To Listen
- Key #5: Schedule A ‘Talking Appointment’
(Though this sounds similar to key #3, it is actually quite different.) - Key #6: One Topic Is Enough
These ‘6 Keys for Great Marriage Communication’ are condensed from a chapter of our forthcoming book: MARRIED … AND ENJOYING IT! (30 Years of Marriage Enrichment Secrets)
