Beyond Defensiveness: 6 Steps to Healthy Conflict | Dr. David Hawkins

When someone brings up a concern about something you said or did that hurt them, most people respond with defensiveness. It’s like we are programmed to deny, minimize, make excuses and blame others and we don’t even realize that we are doing it. It takes a lot of emotional maturity to truly listen and be receptive to critical feedback, but it is the key to healthy conflict and building trust. Conflict in relationship is inevitable, but it does not have to lead to a fight! In this video, Dr. Hawkins gives 6 steps to grow in emotional maturity and manage conflict in a healthy way.
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The internet is inundated with hyperbole and misinformation about narcissism, leaving many people confused and hopeless. Get the facts about narcissism and emotional abuse from someone who has been researching, writing about and treating narcissism and emotional abuse for over a decade.
Dr. Hawkins is a best-selling author and clinical psychologist with over three decades of experience helping people break unhealthy patterns and build healthier relationships. He is the founder and director of the Marriage Recovery Center and the Emotional Abuse Institute which offers education, training and counseling for people who want to break free of, and heal from, emotional abuse.
Whether the perpetrator of the abuse is your spouse, partner, parent, boss, friend or family member, we offer practical advice for anyone trapped in a toxic, destructive relationship. In addition to narcissism & emotional abuse, topics include covert, reactive, spiritual, secondary, relationship trauma and more.
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[@timmckinnon9353]

I would have had a richer fuller marriage had I been following this advice the past 43 years. I saved this to watch regularly. Thank you! 🙏

[@meetshawn3720]

Very helpful

[@rebeccacory7945]

So hard for me right now. This narc I married has zero empathy or emotional regulation. He discards his own emotions like he discards me. I’ve tried so many times to sit with his criticisms but it always devolves into trashing my character, temper tantrums, cruelty and I walk away. Then I get trashed for that. Frankly, I’m too tired to try anymore and to have some shred of self-respect left, I know I should leave. I’m just waiting for him to drop the bomb behind my back like he did with wives #1 & #2. Somehow even tho I was “nothing like them”, 20 years later I’m their evil twin. I seriously want to just give up. But I will try these suggestions even though I know I’ve already done almost all of things mentioned here. Hopeless but Willing

[@lisaadams3283]

Hmm my friend's husband will never tell her I see why you're upset and concerned what a mess she is in. If she pushes to much as I've said in Dr. Hawkins other videos he will take the car keys and phone. She has told him why do you do this he told her that's the only way you'll learn. 😢😢