Conflict Avoidance Can Be Hazardous To Your Mental Health
Fighting in a relationship can be exhausting. Who really wants to do it? Isn’t it much nicer to have peace?
A Therapeutic Space for Individuals, Couples, and Families
Fighting in a relationship can be exhausting. Who really wants to do it? Isn’t it much nicer to have peace?
Curiously, one of the commonest causes of chronic marital dissatisfaction is the spouses’ tendency to be over-cautious with their partner. They have fights or disagreements, but don’t go far enough. So the patterns that can make a marriage feel dead stay stuck. Here’s a way to change that.
This is some advice from Adam Grant, professor of management and psychology at the Wharton School of Business. In today’s