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Key Skills for CARE Conversations
Communication between a couple is crucial to keeping the love you have for each other alive. It is very easy to be swept up in the busyness of life and forget to make time to have conversations which focus on other things besides the practicalities of daily life. Often, we shy away from conversations about deal breakers, fears, money, career because:
we don’t know how or where to start.
we are scared or nervous of the emotional discomfort certain issues may trigger in us.
we don’t deliberately make time to emotionally engage with our partner.
We wait for events or circumstances to sudden spark conversations about what really matters – our feelings, our fears, and our need for support.
This can change. Here are some worksheets that will help you. None of us is perfect, so these conversations may be clumsy at the start and could involve some tension and conflict. Don’t worry as, over time, such conversations will become more natural.