7 steps to effective communication in your Relationship

Communication is an essential part of a happy and healthy relationship. What are the practices that will enhance the effectiveness of your communication with your partner and with all of your relationships? How can you connect and build rapport quickly and efficiently with all people?

Here are the 7 most effective steps that you can adopt, in order τo built a trusting relationship and become a good communicator:

  1. Choose to communicate with your partner when you feel emotional fit and calm and you not aren’t emotionally vulnerable, like angry, frustrated and so on.
  2.  Τhink about what you want to say and be clear about what you want to communicate. If your partner initiates the discussion, be open and think  that you do not always have to be right. Adopt empathy and listen to a different perspective of yours.
  3. Create the appropriate conditions for the discussion, removing all the elements that may interrupt the conversation, like your cell phone or other elements.
  4. While you are communicating, keep all your focus to your partner. Listen to your partner without interrupting him and when he completes his sentences, you can take your turn and speak.
  5. Adopt the same body language of your partner and the corresponding tone of his voice. When you do that, your partner will feel more connected to you and the communication will flow more easily.
  6.  Ask questions from a place of genuine concern, in order to clarify his message. Ask him, “What do you mean when you say that? ” This will lead you to a clear picture and you will not make your assumptions.
  7.  Avoid criticism and generalisations in your conversation, because your partner will become defensive and will lose your message. Use positive words in order to engage him in the conversation. For example, instead of telling him “Why are you always doing this?” Tell him “How could you do that differently?”

When you adopt all the above steps and you always have a positive and loving  intention towards your partner or to anyone, while communicating, you will have an effective and successful result in your communication.