Improve Relationship Communication Skills
The Marriage MirrorĀ® is a communication course for couples, and will help you learn how to better understand your partner.
Listening
You and your partner will answer questions about how you think you listen to each other. Then each of you will become a āmirrorā to the other by answering questions about how you think your partner listens to you. This prepares you for a carefully constructed discussion of your findings. After your discussion, you will choose a listening skill you want to improve upon and establish an Action Plan for developing this new skill. As you practice your listening skills, youāre encouraged to give each other positive feedback with the reinforcement cards provided. The result will be better communication and satisfaction in your relationship. In 30 days, you can repeat the process and see your improvement.
Speaking
Having completed the foundation for effective communication, the Listening section, you and your partner will once more provide āmirrorsā for each other – this time answering questions about how you think you speak to each other. After you engage in a carefully constructed discussion of your findings, you will each commit to developing a new speaking skill. Together, you will create your new Action Plan, with measurable, observable, obtainable steps for practicing your new skill. Your Plan virtually guarantees improvement in the way you speak to each other and greater satisfaction in your marriage. In 30 days, repeat the process and see your improvement.
Environment
Finally, you will deal with the environment in which you communicate. Again, your answers will provide a āmirrorā for how you perceive each otherās choices of environments for communicating. After engaging in a carefully constructed discussion of your findings, you will each choose an environmental skill to work on and agree to encourage each other as you practice your new skills. You will create your proven Action Plan which, when followed, produces better communication and greater satisfaction in your relationship. In 30 days, repeat the process and see your progress.
You can retake The Marriage Mirror as often as you like for one full year. Repeating this proven process will be an encouragement to your marriage.
A welcome and introduction to The Marriage MirrorĀ®
from the founder ā Art Robertson, Ph. D.
Listen, Speak, Environment
Press PLAY on the video below to get a feel for whatās ahead.
Answer questions about how you and your partner listen and speak to each other; learn about the environments in which you communicate. Your partner will do the same. Then prepare to enjoy better communication!
If you would like spiritual help and encouragement in your marriage relationship, press PLAY on the video below to listen to the experience of Phyllis Hendry Halverson.
Fact:
Couples who communicate effectively have a happier relationship!
Marital research dispels all doubt: couples who communicate effectively consistently report greater marital satisfaction. These couples are healthier and happier, and they positively influence other couples. Consequently, these couples may also live longer.
Couples with poor communication are often caught in a vicious cycle where poor communication contributes to marital dissatisfaction, which in turn further hinders the ability to successfully communicate. The cycle, when not corrected, continues to degrade the relationship.
Effective communication is the ability to have a common understanding between the speaker and listener as to what the speaker intends to communicate.Ā This is more natural for children than it is for adults. Often as adults, we are unaware of the behaviors that hinder effective communication. The Marriage Mirror identifies and reinforces the things you are doing well. It also pinpoints your āblind spotsā that hinder communication and provides the methodologies you can use to change your communication for the better.
You will have the ability to develop a Personal Action Plan that will lead you through a proven process to communication success. As you conduct your experiment with The Marriage MirrorĀ®, it is our prayer that you will enjoy the process and the positive results.
Sign up to better your communication by following these steps:
1 Assess how you think you communicate with your partner and how you think your partner communicates with you. Your partner makes similar assessments. (30 minutes)
2 Review and discuss each otherās communication assessments. (one hour)
3 Follow the directions to create a proven plan together which will enable each of you to enjoy the benefits of better communication, deeper trust, and greater satisfaction. (30 days)
4 You and your partner will encourage each otherās attempts to better communicate by giving each other positive feedback with the reinforcement cards provided. (30 days)
