Tips for Positive Relationship Conflict
Hi, everyone! This is Lara Hammock from the Marble Jar channel and in today's video I'll give my tips on engaging in healthy and positive conflict in your important relationships. Okay -- in previous videos, I talked about maintaining boundaries to prevent relationships from blowing up and how to determine whether your relationship is even worth the energy that conflict requires. In this one, let’s talk about how to ensure that you are engaging in conflict in the most positive, constructive way. First of all, Check Your Motivations Presumably the reason that you are engaging in conflict at all is because you care about the relationship and something happened that bothers you, offends you, or otherwise makes you uncomfortable. It’s very possible that you are pretty angry over this incident. Remember, the main reason you are doing this to help heal your relationship. So, if, when you check in with yourself, you find that your primary mo...