Family's Dialogues. The importance of talking and listening to others.

Looking at our families we have a record of diversity about communication. Every family have their own code of dialog. Some families are very strong, genuine and open to have good communications that encourage healthy relationship, some others are very superficial, others get very defensive when its time to address, admit or receive any criticism. Many families don't even practice any kind of dialog between then, until somebody die, while others manage to have a lot of dialog & fun but not really strong communication. The question is how can we manage assertively so many kind of communication conflicts in our own family life without loosing it?

Even thou, it might be easier to focus on what other people do, I truly believe that when you want to improve the whole atmosphere of your home, your best place to start is in you, looking at the ways you communicate with your family. Starting by being aware of  how difficult or accessible you get with every other member in your family, give you a sense of responsability too. So, take it as a  privilege, be the first one, and start now. Just think about how easy it is to have a good conversation with each one of your family members. See the differences between your communication with one person and the other. See if you can do the exercise of listing the subjects where you agree and the subjects where you disagree.

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