Better Relationships NOW‪!‬ Susie Miller, MA, MDiv

Embracing courageous conflict is step 1.  This episode give your 3 specific tips for ​moving forward and growing your skills in the dance of healthy conflict.  Understanding Timing, Tone, and Tenacity, may just save your marriage!  It did mine!

Seriously!  One of the key predictors in the health and lasting power of a marriage is the ability for a couple to engage in healthy conflict.  Relationship Influencer #3 is Courageous Conflict.  Learning some tips for creating a dance of healthy, courageous conflict and hearing some personal stories of what not to do, will get you started on the right foot.

Courageous conflict. Conflict scare us-  we tend to avoid it at all costs – fooling ourselves not handling things is fine and the huge mound of stuff we swept under the carpet won’t ever explode. Secret to a good marriage is willing talk about the hard stuff in a productive manner. And here are 5 tips for engaging in healthy conflict.

Communication is key to any relationship, yet most of us never take a course on how to communicate effectively.  This can lead to huge issues in marriage.  Today we talk about how communication one of 5 relationship influencers and some tips or hacks to improve your communication FAST!  

Men and Women's brains are wired differently .Part 1 of Marriage MBA framework is Clarity. The more we understand ourselves and our spouse the better our marriage will be. Today I unpack "Waffles and Spaghetti" -  a great metaphor for how our different brain wiring shows up in marriage. Along with some tips about how to navigate these differences!

Marriage is hard work.  Worth it, but challenging to create a connected, strong, fulfilling, and fun marriage.  My 5 part Marriage MBA framework will equip you with tools to do the work and enjoy a thriving marriage.​