How can couples reverse the buildup of resentment once they notice it?
Last Updated: 21.06.2025 07:01
By internalizing that responding with kindness is strength, not weakness.
By wanting to truly understand each other, despite feeling unheard.
By taking turns talking.
By learning to validate what the other is feeling. âI can absolutely see why you feel this way.â
By keeping in mind itâs OK to have different opinions and different experiences, and they both matter in equal measure.
By deciding to stop with the criticism and the nagging and instead say thank you for everything you do for me. Thank you for loving me.
By giving up the notion that someone has to âwinâ or that anyone loses by saying âyou are rightâ, âI am sorryâ, or âI can do better.â
By resolving to listen with curiosity rather than defensiveness.