Five-minute relationship repair : quickly heal upsets, deepen intimacy, and use differences to strengthen love

The Tool Kit No Relationship Should Be Without Long-term happiness in love depends on a couple{u2019}s ability to repair the inevitable rifts and differences, large and small, that occur in any relationship. Neuroscience suggests that relationship upsets are best mended quickly, or they accumulate in long-term memory, increase reactive communication, and become harder to repair successfully. And good repair takes five minutes or less! This book offers practical tools and suggested scripts for resolving problems and having your needs met. Following its guidance, you can turn difficulties into opportunities to foster love, trust, and thriving intimacy "Advice for handling emotional 'triggers, ' building communication skills, fostering empathy, and changing reactive habits, including sample scripts. Addresses vulnerability, security, sexuality, self-inquiry, and healing. Authors are long-time relationship therapists"-- Provided by publisher Successful relationships aren{u2019}t problem-free; they{u2019}re problem-savvy. Susan Campbell and John Grey show how people in long, happy partnerships repair upsets skillfully and quickly