5. Practice Empathy
By regularly putting yourself in your partner’s shoes, you learn to be sympathetic towards them.
According to Karri Carrol, couples’ therapist and i quote:
“By doing this, couples are often able to overcome the misunderstandings that commonly occur in all relationships. This conflict management skill helps people in my office feel heard, understood and valued when their partner can genuinely say, ‘I may not agree with you but I understand you and can see how it felt that way.’’
