There are three things that I truly believe we should get taught in school: how to do our own taxes, what really happens during sex, and how to effectively and constructively communicate. This last skill would be incredibly useful in not only romantic relationships but in work and family relationships and friendships as well. Unfortunately, we don’t leave high school and enter our adulthood with effective techniques and skills that assist us in knowing how to have constructive conversations, and I spend much of my time working with couples and helping them to learn these skills and techniques. Let’s break down the basics of good communication, as well as looking at some specific techniques you can use.
1. Ensure you’re always engaging in active listening
Active listening is pretty easy to do. It means to listen to our partner without thinking about anything else but what they are saying at that moment by being present and fully engaged.
• Maintain eye contact (well, as much as possible), as this helps your partner to really feel that you’re listening and you’re present. When you’re staring offinto the TV or your phone, or perhaps even gazing at the floor, your partner will feel less important and may even perhaps feel that you don’t care.
This story is from the January 2020 edition of FHM Australia.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the January 2020 edition of FHM Australia.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 8,500+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
CAMBODIA: GENERATION HOPE.
American writer and Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck concluded,“People don’t take trips… trips take people.
A TIME TO DIE...
The venerable Aston Martin DBS makes a shock exit
CHEESE-BURGER & SALAD
The latest Vette has split personalities with a performance overlap
TARGET. DESTROYED.
AUDI’S R8 HITS ITS HEADY RED-LINE FOR THE LAST TIME
THE LAST MOTORSPORT FRONTIER THE DAKAR RALLY
“It’s absolutely f***ing wild… you train all year for it… you need to totally dedicate yourself to it; and that’s if you just want to finish.
THE ART OF BEING UNCOMFORTABLE WITH MATT BROMLEY
It’s a bright Monday morning at Long Beach in Kommetjie, a small coastal village located in Cape Town on the southern tip of South Africa. The water is bustling with a crowd of surfers jockeying for the playful waves breaking over ash-white sand.
ACTRESS BRINDA DIXIT'S SECRETS
ON HOW TO LAND YOURSELF A LEADING LADY!
BRO'MANCE! THE BEST CO-OP GAMES TO PLAY
Put away your single-player RPGs cause these eight co-op video games are perfect for jamming with your man!
THE SIX WORST GAMES-TO-MOVIE ADAPTATIONS EVER!
With the recent release of The Last of Us, the shackles of bad video game to live action adaptations has been firmly shattered, proving that in the right hands a great video game can become a great series or movie. However, this is a very rare case indeed, as numerous attempts to bring a video game to the screen have been attempted and most of them have failed spectacularly. Here are six of the worst offenders when it comes to bad video game adaptations.
SCREEN TIME WHAT TO WATCH THIS MONTH
Take a break, sit back, put your feet up and enjoy some of our latest entertainment choices to help you escape the everyday things! Come on, you know you want to!