Dr John Gottman of the Gottman Relationship Institute identifies the greatest predictors of divorce as, “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
These horsemen are, criticism and contempt defensiveness and stonewalling.
Dave and I hit an area of conflict last night and all I will say is that the four horsemen were well and truly going buck! Actually, forget the quad herd and just picture a pack of wild brumbies raging around in a confined space! Yep, we rode the whole cavalry…
Conflict will always be a part of every relationship so it makes perfect sense to learn how to have healthy disagreements.
Thankfully the Gottman Institute have also discovered antidotes to these destructive wranglers and Dave and I quickly reined them in and got right back on track.
Boy oh Boy it sure takes a marathon effort to ascend from disaster to master.
Proverbs 15: A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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