Communication and Conflict

How to discuss relationship problems without fighting

Have you ever had the experience of fighting with your husband or wife and feeling like you just keep having the same argument over and over again—but that you're not getting anywhere? Here are five simple, effective, and proven steps to stop arguing with your spouse, partner, husband, or wife, and start communicating effectively.

Sarah Tie
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Jan 14, 2021

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How much does couples counseling cost?

How much does couples counseling cost? Is marriage counseling covered by insurance? Will couples counseling save your relationship? Get answers to all your questions about investing in couples counseling here.

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Sarah Tie
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How to balance responsibilities in your relationship

Working to balance responsibilities in your relationship is key to creating a closer, healthier connection with your partner - it’s easier than you think!

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Sarah Tie

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Podcasts we love

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Where Should We Begin?

Listen to the incomparable therapist Esther Perel counsel real couples as they reveal the most intimate, personal, and complicated details of the conflicts that have brought them to her door.

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Esther Perel
Connection and Intimacy
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Podcasts We Love

Savage Lovecast

Dan Savage, America's only advice columnist, answers your sex questions and yaps about politics.

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Dan Savage
Connection and Intimacy
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Therapist Uncensored

Two Austin therapists and their world-recognized guest experts break down modern attachment, relational neuroscience and trauma in a challenging but entertaining format designed to keep you off unconscious autopilot and moving towards closer connections.

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Sue Marriott LCSW, CGP & Ann Kelley PhD

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Books we read

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Books We Read

And Baby Makes Three

Complete with exercises that separate the “master” from the “disaster” couples, And Baby Makes Three helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.

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Dr. John Gottman
Parenting
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The Whole-Brain Child

In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children.

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Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
Connection and Intimacy
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Mating in Captivity

A New York City therapist examines the paradoxical relationship between domesticity and sexual desire and explains what it takes to bring lust home.

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Esther Perel

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The parental burnout crisis has reached a tipping point

“I don’t know anyone that is not struggling” at this point in the pandemic, one mom says.

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Vox

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