How to Gently Remind Your Partner of Your Wants/Needs, Without Nagging or Attacking: Episode 206

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The “forgetting curve” principle shows that your partner is likely to forget 50% within an hour, 70% within 24 hours, and 90% within a week. So if this is true, why on earth would we expect our partner to remember something we express ONE time: like a want/need?!</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Since human memory can’t be relied on and your partner likely has a lot on their mind/plate, then we need to partner with them by effectively providing gentle, loving reminders.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But what about nagging?! Someone asked this on our Instagram post.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode we distinguish between “nagging” your partner and healthy “assertiveness.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Assertiveness is empowering, and a skill we all can get better at in a relationship.</span></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">To better use this skill in your conflict repair: Watch the FREE WebClass on The 5 Step Process to Fully Repair After an Argument So You Reconnect in Minutes, Instead of Hours, Days or Weeks.</span> <a href= "https://onlinecouplesworkshops.com/repair"><strong>Register and watch here.</strong></a></p>