Knowing where we stand on the soft feminine to hard masculine continuum assists with understanding attraction, ebb and flow of relationships and conflict resolution.
Posts Tagged ‘conflict’
Direct or flow?
Posted in communication, conflict resolution, love, partnership, pre-engagement counselling, pre-marital counselling, relationship, tagged arc of attraction, conflict, David Deida, direct, ebb and flow, emotional intelligence, energy, feminine, firm, flowing, gender, influence, John Gottman, John Gray, Mars and Venus, Martin Egan, masculine, opposites attract, P2P, present, Soft on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Managing conflict
Posted in communication, conflict resolution, partnership, relationship, tagged agitation, argue, calm, complaint, conflict, criticism, disassociate, emotion, family of origin, fight, flight, flooded, freeze, Harville Hendrix, heart rate, homeostasis, John Bradshaw, John Gottman, mirroring, perspire, physiology, problem, provoking, repetition-compulsion theory, scared, somatic, stress response, survival instinct, take a break, triggers on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the strong foundation of knowing each other deeply, conflict can be managed when we know our triggers and responses.