You're listening to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience relationships and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to overcome insecurity and build healthy, thriving relationships.

I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg,

and I'm really glad you're here.

Hey, everybody.

Welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about healthy communication,

specifically five tips to improve your

relationship communication. I think that communication is one of those areas where the vast majority

of us are operating on autopilot without necessarily having the awareness or the tools to know where we might be

getting in our own way or where we might be blocking connection and understanding.

I think that communication is something that we learn so subconsciously.

We absorb biosmosis from our family system, from whatever other environments

or relationships we've lived through. And so it's really one of those areas where we can

benefit a lot from bringing conscious awareness. That goes for most things in relationship,

but certainly when it comes to communication. And the great thing about

communication is it's really skills based, right? So where some of the areas might have some more

emotional density to them? Communication is one of those areas where with a few practical tweaks

and shifts, you can see a really significant return on investment very quickly.

So I'm hoping that with today's episode and the tips that I'm going to share with you,

you can really start putting them into practice right away and start noticing really positive

changes in the way that you communicate with your partner and everyone else in your life.

So before we dive into that, I just want to share

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