How is defensiveness hurting your relationship? Well, if you're regularly defensive in your relationship your partner will feel unsafe with you. They won’t want to share with you, they won’t feel connected, you will lose intimacy and depth. And this causes you to suffer too. This isn’t a real relationship, it’s a battlefield. Working in your defensiveness can change your life, along with your relationship. #marriage #attachmentstyle #traumahealing #marriagecoach #couplegoals #marriagegoals #avoi
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How is defensiveness hurting your relationship? Well, if you're regularly defensive in your relationship your partner will feel unsafe with you. They won’t want to share with you, they
Marriage First Method. Marriage First Method · Original audio. How is defensiveness hurting your relationship? Well, if you're regularly defensive in your relationship your partner will feel unsafe with you. They won’t want to share with you, they won’t feel connected, you will lose intimacy and depth. And this causes you to suffer too ...
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