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The Do's and Don'ts of Communicating with Your Partner

Improving communication is a proven intervention for improving relationships and entails not only learning how to address negative issues in a relationship but also how to consistently express positive feelings to each other. When you communicate, you are doing one of three things: 1. Speaking: Sending a message or sharing your thoughts or feelings. 2. Listening: Hearing and paying attention to what the other person is telling you. 3. Responding: Replying or answering back to your partner after listening to them. Failure to communicate can be due to a problem at any or all of these processes of communication. Below are some guidelines to improve your communication skills (Duggal, 2018): Improving Speaking Skills  Establish eye contact and maintain eye contact with your partner to ensure that they have your attention. Speak in clear and direct fashion. Don’t beat around the bush and play games. Make sure that what you are communicating is in line with your non-verbal comm