Clear Communication: The Key to Stronger, Healthier Relationships

Communication can be difficult at the best of times - Be sure you communicate clearly.

Have you ever written a letter and then as you re-read it to check for spelling and grammar you realise you have not been very clear?

I have often been and still often are amazed at how much I assume in letters.

Why, because I write them from the knowledge I hold in my head and life.

Even then I am not clear on what I want to communicate.

Relationships work the same way.

There are two people who each hold their own frame of reference from which they speak.

We expect the other person to "know" what we are saying because we are saying it.

Do you really know what you are saying?

The only way you can be clear on what you are saying is by defining what you want in your life.

Every aspect of your life.

What is success to you?

What is a loving relationship to you?

What is a supportive relationship to you?

How will you know you are loved?

When will you feel that you are accepted?

It is easy to get sidetracked by all the noise in our lives when we are not clear on what we want.

Take time this week and define everything you want in a relationship and how will you know you have it in your life?