The Secret to Stop Fighting: A Simple Science-Backed Formula
None of us want to be fighting with our loved ones. We have a long list of things we’d much rather be doing, yet once we get sucked into an argument, it can take hours (or weeks?) to get out.
There is surprising new information available from top relationship researcher Dr. John Gottman. After a 30 year-long study following newlywed couples into old-age, we now have a scientifically proven formula that really works. It has kept couples happily married well into old age. They didn’t even know how they were doing it, but thankfully, the research team was able to observe what they were doing and create a 4 step blueprint for the rest of us.
All Couples Argue
The point of this article is to learn how to avoid as many fights as you can by paying attention to how you start the conversation.
We have conversations to solve problems and make decisions, not to hurt one another’s feelings. Once a fight starts, it’s hard to remember this goal, and we become cavemen.
“He hit me over the head with a club so I am now going to hit him over the head with a club.”
Here is the alternative.
