How to improve couples communication & relationship skills: Radio interview podcast

What makes it so hard to get along, or just communicate, with our intimate partners?

We bring to our intimate relationships the baggage of a lifetime. The closer the relationship, the more this baggage comes into play.

What makes it difficult for couples to communicate, and what can we do to make it easier? This was the topic of a one-hour conversation between Serge Prengel and Maggie Pascal on her radio show.

The following recording provides excepts of that conversation... condensed into a 7 1/2 minute recording.

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See: Couples counseling

Couple Communication Exercises

Audio:
Relationship skills