This week, the ladies pull up a mic for speaker and author Ted Lowe. Ted is an expert on empathy and conflict in marriage, and he fields questions from Megan, Susan, and Abby about the things that manage to take a silly fight up a notch and make it a knock-out fight.
If you’ve ever gotten to the end of a fight and not remembered how it started, or it zigzagged to the recurring problem you always come back around to, then this conversation will shed light on what you and your husband might be doing within the fight that sabotages healthy communication. Conflict in marriage is inevitable, but if you can avoid the four things Ted mentions in our conversation with him, you’ll have more productive (and hopefully fewer) fights.
He’ll walk us through the dangers of interpretation, comparison, mindreading, and threats. Ted, Megan, Susan, and Abby talk about avoiding these common pitfalls and also understanding what we’re really communicating to our spouses when we succumb to them. Be sure to pull up this podcast episode on your next drive with your husband and get ready to hit pause to have a healthy conversation that will change the way you approach conflict in marriage.
Ted Lowe is on staff with Family First as a writer, speaker, and podcast host. He is also the founder of For Us Marriage and has written three books. His most recent book is Us in Mind: How Changing Your Thoughts Can Change Your Marriage. Ted is a frequent conference and date night speaker at churches and events across the country, and he is a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Nancie, have four kids and live in Cumming, Georgia.
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Conflict in Marriage: 4 Things to Avoid
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