Need rest, but don’t want to hurt them? 💛

Say how you feel, tell them you want to meet, and suggest tomorrow. 🤍

Honest, kind and confident, with space respected on both sides.✨

- Shiva Chandran, MD

#ShivaChandran #HealthyBoundaries #RelationshipCommunication

Sometimes the words you regret come out when you're overwhelmed, insecure, afraid, or carrying pressure you haven't addressed.

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#PauseAndRespond #EmotionalControl #ThinkBeforeYouSpeak #RelationshipCommunication

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One person pushes harder because their concern feels dismissed. The other explains harder because their effort feels dismissed. 

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#PauseAndRespond #FeelingUnheard #RelationshipCommunication #CouplesCommunication

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You apologized. You meant it. So why are you having the same argument again?

🎙️ Listen to “Why We Keep Having the Same Argument” 

Full episode: PauseAndRespond.com

Less reaction. More choice.

#PauseAndRespond #RelationshipCommunication #BreakingPatterns #RelationshipRepair #HealthyRelationships

You can mean your apology and still fall back into the same response when you feel criticized. 

Listen to “Why We Keep Having the Same Argument” on Pause & Respond.
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#PauseAndRespond #RelationshipCommunication #SameArgument 

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This moment from Pause & Respond explores the story we can start writing while we wait.

Listen to the full episode: How to Stop Taking Everything Personally.
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#PauseAndRespond #Overthinking #RelationshipCommunication #LessReactionMoreChoice

It is OK not to agree. It is not ok not to hear. 
Just a thought. 
Pamela Brewer

#ActiveListening #HealthyCommunication #RelationshipCommunication #CommunicationSkills #EmotionalValidation