Don't know how to handle conflict and emotions in your relationship/marriage? Is communication an issue in your relationship/marriage? Knowing how to communicate effectively requires you to have the information around what effective communication is; a clear understanding of how to apply it, and a great deal of practice.

Most times, poor communication skills are a result of bad habits and simply not knowing any better. It is rare that a person truly intends to communicate poorly with their spouse, or anyone else. After all, knowing the negative impact that poor communication can have on a relationship is reason enough to want to do better. That being said, practicing effective communication will require you to both learn new habits and break old ones.

Because you are looking to communicate better specifically with your spouse, it can be beneficial for you to read this book together with your spouse. When you are both working on these techniques together, it is easier for you both to have compassion for each other and patience for the lessons that you are learning together. It is also a good way to remind each other to practice better communication skills if you notice that your partner is practicing an old bad habit.

Furthermore, learning new things and growing together with your partner is a wonderful way to increase intimacy in your relationship. This happens by developing a layer of respect, which creates a sense of safety, which builds a feeling of trust, which nurtures the evolution of intimacy. When you spend time focusing on these four aspects together, as you will throughout this book, it is easier to improve the quality of your marriage in a way that is sustainable and lasting.

Communicating in your marriage is not always going to be easy. It is likely that if you are reading this book that your communication may have already reached a noticeable state of trouble. Make sure that you are extra patient with each other and that you incorporate the healing that needs to be done into learning how to communicate with each other. This will support you both in healing the pain and creating a resolution that will help you prevent future hurt from taking root in your relationship.

Another reason why you may struggle with communication is that of the very intimacy that you share with your partner. Telling them about difficult or vulnerable pieces of information or dealing with conflict in a marriage can be challenging.

Here are the topics mentioned:

• The importance of communication in the couple and how to improve it
• Work on yourself first
• Ego in a relationship
• Why do couples need to focus on communication?
• How to deal with serious problems
• Practical exercises to try with your partner to improve communication
• Communication in marriage
• Grow together