#346 - How to Deal with a Defensive Partner
Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby
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How to Avoid Regret in a Relationship
Defensiveness runs the risk of closing off the path to being able to talk about things productively and resolve issues in a relationship. The less defensiveness you want in your relationship, the more important it is for you to be initiating conversations with what our dear friend John Gottman calls a soft startup. It's also true that people who have instinctive defensiveness have oftentimes experienced a lot of criticism or even emotional abuse early in their lives. And they will project criticism through the lens of their early life experiences.
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