Communication: Listen Some More
God gave us TWO ears and ONE mouth - so we should LISTEN twice as much as we SPEAK! Learning to listen effectively can be the beginning of healthy communication in any relationship. It is a necessity for marriage. Below is a suggestion for improving your listening skills as taken from Oprah Winfrey.com: "The Most Useful Communication Technique of All Time is deceptively simple, but it works like magic. Next time your partner makes a point, take a moment to digest whatever he is saying. Then say it back to him. Maybe not word for word, but you have to get the gist—and you can't stop trying until your partner agrees you've nailed it. Switch roles and repeat. Once you're not so busy explaining yourself to someone who just doesn't get it, you can look for compromise. Before I started grad school and officially drank the psychotherapy Kool-Aid, I used to mock this technique as a way to wrap gauze around discord: "I'm hearing that you're a pathetic j...