The Gottman research says criticism goes to the heart of someone's character. A care frontation is like, we together are having this issue that I feel like we both want to work out. When you're dealing with someone and it's sensitive as a situation as a care frontation, you're going to get bumped. If what you have in your cup is actual disdain and contempt, even if you're trying to say the right things, it's going to come out.
1. What happens inside us when we receive criticism–and how our brains ensure we’re always in the right (even when we’re not).
2. The three-ingredient recipe for a positive, productive “care-frontation” exchange.
3. The single biggest relationship killer (it’s not conflict) – and how conflict can bring you closer.
4. Amanda navigates a “care-frontation” with her son’s friend’s family – and Abby reevaluates her past relationship with criticism.
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