All posts tagged "defensiveness"
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Michael Schreiner | May 23, 2016
Criticism And Defensiveness In Romantic Relationships
Criticism and defensiveness are kind of like the yin and yang of dysfunctional romantic relationships. While to the...
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Michael Schreiner | April 28, 2014
Deep Listening
It’s usually very easy for us, sometimes even fun, to lend a compassionate ear to someone griping about...
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Michael Schreiner | January 31, 2014
Open Instead Of Defensive
Not getting defensive in the face of criticism is a hard thing to do and in the context...
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Michael Schreiner | June 7, 2013
Defensiveness
One of the first things aspiring actors learn in improv classes is to never say no during a...
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Michael Schreiner | October 18, 2012
The Four Horsemen
In his research John Gottman discovered four maladaptive behaviors that predict divorce or separation in something like 96%...
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Michael Schreiner | July 20, 2012
On The Defensive
We talked about focusing on the process rather than allowing yourself to get confused by the content in...