Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

How to Support Your Partner Through Emotional Turmoil with Three Powerful Phrases!

17 May 2023 · 1 min

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A short conversational excerpt from a YouTube video (Anne Truong MD) about how a woman can support her partner during emotional turmoil using nurturing, neutral language and three specific supportive phrases. The speakers emphasize listening, validating, and joining the partner as part of a team rather than accusing.

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As the woman. Obviously, she's attuned to what's going on, but she's giving him space. How would she approach it with him in a nurturing and neutral way?
Well, it kind of goes back just to the simple having the core emotional wheel, being able to hear each other in that space. And then the three questions, the three phrases like that audible. As far as showing up and knowing he knows he's being heard. I want to hear you. What's happening with you is that question. And then I feel like I'm missing something. So then she becomes part of the team. She's not attacking, she's not accusing. She simply says, I think I'm missing something with you.