5 Surprising Benefits of Having Difficult Conversations
There are so many reasons you should be having difficult conversations in dating and relationships. Here are the top five. — Most of the conversations we talk about in the world of dating and relationships focus on what can go wrong when things get hard. And there is good reason for that. Conflict handled poorly does real damage. But I want to focus on what happens when a hard conversation goes well, because in my experience, that outcome is far more powerful. And the benefits of having these conversations, the real ones that matter to you, are worth understanding clearly before you talk yourself out of having them. Here are five things that can genuinely shift when you learn to speak up. 1. You Discover Whether the Relationship Works for You One of the most important things a difficult conversation does is give you real information about the person you’re with. How does he respond when you tell him something he might not want to hear? ...