2 Factors that keep couples trapped in conflict
What the couple doesn’t understand is that while they’re battling it out, there are two forces that keep them trapped in conflict: negative core beliefs being triggered in each other, and the frontal lobe in their brain shutting down.
How to feel closer to my partner and reduce fights
Crazy cycle. That’s what I call it when couples regularly find themselves bickering about anything and everything. In part 1 of this series I discuss how that’s reflective of their emotional bank accounts running at or near a zero balance. The higher the balance in each other’s emotional bank account, the easier it is to give grace to each other and not be offended so easily. But how do you make deposits into each other’s bank accounts that are meaningful?