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Marriage Therapy Radio

Ep 149 10 Rules of Good Communication

Marriage Therapy Radio

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Mental Health, Relationships, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8679 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Laura is prepping for some glamping. Zach hired an actor to play himself. They go on to discuss Dan Wile's 10 Rules of Good Communication from his book After the Honeymoon: How Conflict Can Improve your Relationship. Communication Rule 1. Make “I” Statements not “You” Statements. Communication Rule 2: Don’t Say “Always” or “Never” Communication Rule 3: Don’t interrupt your partner Communication Rule 4: Paraphrase what your partner just said Communication Rule 5: Don’t Mind-Read Communication Rule 6: Stick to One Complaint Communication Rule 7: Don’t Dig Up Old Grievances Communication Rule 8: Don’t Get Sidetracked Arguing Over Irrelevant Details Communication Rule 9: Don’t Label, Name-Call, Use Sarcasm, or Threaten to End the Relationship Communication Rule 10: Don’t Dump Out Stored-Up Complaints   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

friendships, and more. Unfiltered, of course. A mom friend that wants to feel less alone in all of

0:10.7

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0:15.9

wherever you get your podcasts.

0:22.2

Everybody, thank you for listening to Marriage Therapy Radio. I'm get your podcasts. Hey, everybody.

0:22.9

Thank you for listening to Marriage Therapy Radio.

0:24.9

I'm Zach.

0:25.3

I'm here with Laura.

0:26.4

It's February 2021.

0:28.9

As you know, I always say,

0:30.7

February is the new January.

0:32.0

So if somehow you've laid down your New Year's resolutions,

0:35.1

now is the perfect time to pick them back up.

0:36.8

If you're interested in trying to figure out ways to change your communication patterns's resolutions, now is the perfect time to pick them back up. If you're interested in

0:37.9

trying to figure out ways to change your communication patterns in 2021 or in February, today we're

0:43.5

talking about 10 rules for effective communication from Dan Weil, who is one of the sort of icons and

0:50.5

heroes in the couples therapy world. It's a very cool conversation. Stick around.

0:59.6

Why are you in a hurry? I'm just, I'm in a hurry because today, this, I'm so excited.

1:08.8

We are going to take snowmobiles out into the wilderness and we're going out into the wilderness with eight children and eight adults.

1:11.8

And these are people in our pod, by the way.

1:15.1

Like we share germs with one another on a regular basis.

1:17.2

Your pod is 16 people big?

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