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How to Know What to Bring Up to Your Partner and What to Let Go

David Flowers

Mar 13
6 min

How to Know What to Bring Up to Your Partner and What to Let Go

Using John Gottman's "repair attempts" to lessen the frequency and severity of arguments in relationships.

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A Simple Way to Know Who Needs to Change in an Argument

David Flowers

Jan 15
3 min

A Simple Way to Know Who Needs to Change in an Argument

When you're arguing with someone, how do you determine whether it's you or the other person who needs to change? a. It's always you. b. I...

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Six Ways Women Often Go Wrong in Relationships

David Flowers

Mar 5, 2019
4 min

Six Ways Women Often Go Wrong in Relationships

Very generally speaking, women are usually better at relationships than men. Women are usually more interested in relationships, and gene...

The main problem I deal with in couple counseling

David Flowers

Oct 11, 2018
2 min

The main problem I deal with in couple counseling

Regardless of the specifics involved in any given relationship, ultimately the same toxic pattern is playing out in about 80% of the coup...

The Only Thing Your Partner Needs from You

David Flowers

Jun 29, 2018
3 min

The Only Thing Your Partner Needs from You

Photo source: https://www.quotemaster.org/fixing+other+people%27s+problems "I just want my partner to be the best they can be." I hear th...

Most problems in relationships are unsolvable. So what do you do?

David Flowers

May 6, 2018
2 min

Most problems in relationships are unsolvable. So what do you do?

69% of all conflicts in intimate relationships are unresolvable. This is because they are not issues of right/wrong, black/white, but mat...

A Way to Know (almost) Beyond Doubt That Your Husband Is Not Worth Keeping

David Flowers

Oct 17, 2017
2 min

A Way to Know (almost) Beyond Doubt That Your Husband Is Not Worth Keeping

"This one time I had surgery and was in complete agony. I asked my husband to take me to the hospital. He just glared at me and said, "I ...

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