Nowadays, a lot of people are struggling within their homes and in their relationships.
We are social animals and we need people to be happy. When our social world is restricted, our stress levels increase.
When our stress levels increase and our coping mechanism are limited, we adopt protective strategies which, in the end, can hurt both ourselves and the people around us.
John Gottman is an American psychological researcher and clinician who did extensive work over four decades on divorce prediction and marital stability. The Gottman institute’s mission is to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. Gottman described the four horsemen of (relationship) apocalypse:
Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling.
You can watch a 2 minutes summary video on the subject here and gain insight on what you can do to avoid them:
On a similar path, The Goleman institute offers insights on effective communication and emotional intelligence. https://golemanei.com/
Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist, author of many books, the most notable being “Emotional intelligence”.
Good communication and empathy are at the heart of living a healthy, happy and meaningful life.
Martin Pham Dinh 