Successful Relationships Reading Corner

This week’s blog is on how to communicate in your relationship and getting to know yourself. Here are some articles discussing this topic.

We’ve linked to this first article before, but it is so to the point that we’re including it again.

9 Steps to Better Communication Today “The most popular myth about communication in relationships is that since you talk to your partner, you’re automatically communicating. While talking to your partner is indeed a form of communication, if it’s primarily about everyday, “surfacey” topics (“How were the kids?” “How was work?” “How’s your mother?”), you’re not really communicating about the important stuff. This article is primarily about how to talk in a more open and rewarding manner with your significant other.”

Healthy Relationships “Open, honest communication should be part of every healthy relationship. Use the guidelines below to open up the channels of communication between you and your partner”

8 Tips For Communicating Better in Relationships “All of us who have relationships have struggled with communication. It comes in friendships, family relationships, romantic relationships, and work relationships, to name the main ones. But each of these relationships are in our lives so we can learn how to be better communicators, and thus not only express ourselves effectively but learn how to meet others’ needs and get our needs met as well.”