82. How to Have Connecting Conversations with Dr. Jessica Higgins

In this powerful episode, we cover communication strategies to help you connect with the person you love when you’re hurt, how to avoid criticism, and give you practical tools to help you convey your upsets in a way your partner is likely to hear.

No one gets into a relationship to have blowout fights with their partner. In this episode, we cover what is beneath the conflicts you and your partner have, and how to communicate so you feel safe and heard by one another.

Other topics covered include:

• How to stop cycles of disconnection

• What attachment means

• How attachment impacts conflict

• How childhood impact our attachment

• How childhood experiences affect our deep love relationships

• What gets activated when we get upset in relationships

• How criticism hurts relationships

• How criticism hurts conversations

• How to talk about your hurts without criticism

• Prompts to help you figure out what is upsetting you

• How to understand conflict patterns in relationships

• How to set up a heart-to-heart conversation

To get Dr. Jessica Higgins’ FREE GUIDE on criticism here:

https://drjessicahiggins.com/shifting-criticism-for-connected-communication

Dr. Jessica Higgins’ website https://drjessicahiggins.com/

Empowered Relationship Podcast https://drjessicahiggins.com/podcasts/

This podcast is for informational purposes only.

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