Tag: criticism
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Mindful Expat Episode 34: Recognizing & Guarding Against Destructive Patterns in Relationships
What you’ll hear in this episode: • How not all issues in relationships can be completely resolved, but how this may actually be ok — we just need to learn how to manage them! • Some problematic patterns that couples can fall into (what John Gottman calls the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” — criticism,…
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Gottman’s Four Horsemen of the (Marital) Apocalypse
If two people stay together long enough, they are bound to have some conflicts, some issues or topics that cause discord, some negative patterns. Maybe he doesn’t pick up after himself. Or maybe she doesn’t make as much time for him in her busy schedule as he would like. Maybe they have different ideas for how…