Improving Relationships
by Marla Sloane, Ph.D.
Anytime you deal with others there is a possibility of conflict and differences of opinion. Neighbors, parents, siblings, co-workers, and spouses are at the top of the list where relationships are concerned.
How can you amicably get along with others? Here are some tips to making harmonious relationships:
1. Stay in neutral. Don't allow yourself to get too emotional or "triggered". Emotionally remove yourself from the situation, and look from the outside in. You will have a clearer understanding of where the other person is coming from.
2. Set your boundaries and communicate them. Often times we are not communicating how far we are willing to go with relationships. It is much better to say a nice no, than an insincere yes.
3. Pretend! Pretend you are the other person and try to feel how he is feeling in the situation. Compromise to a win-win resolution.
4. Be happy. When you have a full and happy life, the little things don't bother you, and you have a better psyche for problem solving.
Marla Sloane, Ph.D. All Rights Reserved © 2005
About The Author
Marla Sloane Ph.D., is a successful author and speaker. Her Positive Affirmations subscribers have reached world-wide proportions, and her book, The Masks We Wear and How to Live Without Them is at the heart of her teleclasses; From Ordinary to Extraordinary ... Unmask Your Potential; teaching individuals how to remove limiting labels. Marla has also produced, Trilogy of Meditations, for your Mind, Body, and Spirit, which is distributed nationwide, and in Europe.
