FranklinCovey On Leadership Terry Real: Building Better Relationships
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Jul 2, 2024 
Terry Real, expert in relational life therapy, shares practical strategies for building better relationships. He emphasizes the importance of communication, empathy, and focusing on the relationship rather than tasks. Real discusses the Speaking for Repair tool and the need to adapt coping mechanisms for successful partnerships.
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Relational Life Therapy Overview
- Relational Life Therapy confronts power imbalances by supporting the disempowered partner.
- It combines loving confrontation with trauma work and practical skills teaching.
Recognize & Adapt Responses
- Identify if you react by fight, flight, or fix in tough situations.
- Recognize these learned responses and adapt to present needs with flexibility.
Adaptive Childhood Coping Story
- A man with a controlling father coped by becoming a master liar and evader.
- After addressing his childhood adaptation, he repaired his marriage in two weeks.