It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited – Lewis B. Smedes

Every couple argues.  Research has even said that 70% to 80% of couple don’t solve their arguments.  The goal is to create understanding. When a couple can create understanding it produces safety and vulnerability.  Work at connection and communication will be much easier.

It is inevitable that couples will have disagreements and inadvertently cause each other pain. Every couples has to learn that it is not the conflict that matters it is how they repair. Empathy and compassion with a desire to understand can help a couple repair or maintain connection.  Repairing your connection can potentially strengthen the relationship. The effort and process of working with your partner to repair the relationship will help build connection and confidence that will strengthen the relationship over time.

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We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all. Eleanor Roosevelt