Part Five On Communication: Solve Your Problems and Improve the Relationship Or?

In this fifth blog in a series on communication Dr. Wall piggybacks on a cartoon by his son, Marty, on the importance in marriage of being able to work through your problems.  For Part One in the series click here.  For Part Two click here.  For Part Three click...

Part Four On Communication: Anger Will Get My Point Across! NOT!

Dr. Wall continues his series of blogs on communication by cautioning about using anger as an everyday communication tool. It’s better left for emergencies.  For the first in the series click here, the second click here and the third, click here.  For the entire...

Part Three On Communication: Forcing The Conversation Doesn’t Work

In this third in a series of blogs on communication between husbands and wives Dr. Wall gives advice to the partner that tends to want to talk about issues more than the other and suggests using the indirect approach. The direct approach usually escalates things.  For...

Part Two On Communication: We Have Trouble Communicating. NO, You Don’t!

In this second blog of a series on communication Dr. Wall ponders the messages we convey to our spouse when we shut down and won’t talk. Communication is occurring in spades, but it might not be the message you intend to send.  For the first blog on communication...

Part One On Communication: Careful! You May NOT Be Able to Read My Mind After All!

In this first blog on a series on Communication Dr. Wall looks at the current research about how we can read (or not!) each other’s minds.  He probably lets his mind wander just a tad too much.   To see the second blog in the series click here. He thinks that I...