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Encore: Having Hard Conversations: How to Avoid Being Avoidant

Dear Therapists with Lori Gottlieb and Guy Winch

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Setting Clear Boundaries and Expectations in a Relationship

He's slow to act and I know he doesn't like conflict so he feels like by engaging in this negotiation the ex-wife might prevent him from seeing his kids as often as he liked because they're co-parent. So that's the big hurdle that we're facing now. He knew if he wanted to have this relationship with Amy and that seemed to work out well so far. But here it's a little more complicated because not only is he conflict avoidant but there's a real consequence to bringing this up with his ex-wife which is that it might affect how she handles the custody situation around the kids. It's important for them to really talk about money in their relationship and

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