Connor BeatonFound of ManTalks | Empowering Men to Build Better Lives, Relationships, and Minds

5 Keys to Resolve Relationship Conflict

8 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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Connor Beaton outlines five immediate actions couples can use to improve handling conflict: 1) identify and address your personal "conflict kryptonite" (automatic breakdown triggers), 2) take ownership of your part and release blame, 3) reframe conflict as an opportunity for deeper connection, 4) create conflict agreements with your partner about how to navigate disputes, and 5) use breathing to ground yourself while listening and assess the situation.

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Five things that you can do immediately to improve how you lead you and your partner and the relationship through conflict. Number one, address your conflict kryptonite. It means that every single man, like Superman, has a kryptonite in his relationship that causes him to break down when conflict happens. Number two is ownership over blame. Take ownership over your part and start to let go of the blame. Number three, stop seeing conflict as a path to disconnection and start seeing it as a path to deeper connection. So that leads to my next point. Have what I call conflict agreements in your relationship. So we should have conversations about how you want to move through conflict with your partner. The last piece is breathe ground and assess the situation, breathing while you're listening to your partner. As you do that, you're pulling some of your awareness, returning back to that space.