PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES
“Both parties in a conflict need to exercise empathy. You may totally disagree or feel your partner is being too dramatic or too sensitive, but it’s still important to try to connect somehow to what he/she is feeling. Is it fear, anger, hurt, loneliness, resentment? You certainly can relate to those feelings.
That will help you connect to your partner’s issue and see it in a more empathetic light.” -Laura MacLeod, licensed master social worker at The Inside Out Project.
