171: Honesty and Conflict Resolution in Your Relationship

Oct 31, 2018

Ed Callirgos, an owner of The Bridge CCM and a licensed marriage therapist renowned for his work with high conflict couples, shares invaluable insights on effective communication and conflict resolution in relationships. He discusses the nuanced role of honesty, encouraging partners to make conversations feel important. Ed addresses the challenges of arguing over trivial matters and provides practical communication techniques to avoid blame and foster understanding. Listeners will gain tools to enhance their dialogue and strengthen their emotional connections.

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INSIGHT

Honesty Depends on Sensitivity

Honesty isn't always beneficial if it hurts your partner unintentionally.
Being sensitive to your partner's feelings matters more than brutal honesty.

ANECDOTE

Different Communication Styles

Chase shares how his emotional nature drives his desire to discuss issues immediately.
Sarah prefers delaying discussions, causing tension over when to communicate concerns.

ADVICE

Validate Then Delay Discussion

Validate your partner's need to discuss important issues even if timing is hard.
Agree on a time to talk later to foster emotional safety and reduce conflict.

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Communication and smart conflict resolution are extremely important in any relationship. You know this! Yet we all struggle with these things too often (at least Sarah and I do). This episode is a gold mine of valuable information for navigating communication and conflict resolution.

In this episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

Is honesty always the best policy?
The importance of making your partner feel that the conversation is important.
Arguing about silly things and how to resolve it.
Communication techniques for productive conflict resolution.
How to avoid blaming and criticizing language with your parter.
And much more!

Ed Callirgos is the owner of The Bridge CCM, an independently licensed marriage and family therapist and trained Mediator. He has been featured on the Arizona Republic, Professional publications, Podcasts, Internet/Radio shows and is a recipient of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Minority Fellowship award. He is well known for working with high conflict couples, working with difficult cases such as couples where there is a potential for domestic violence, cases involving infidelity, pornography addiction, pre/post divorce, co parenting and suicidal ideations and trauma.

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