Avoid & Distract--Barriers to Communication

What can you do about it? How can you have interactive conversations in your relationships?

• Set up a specific day and time to have a conversation. You could have a regularly scheduled daily or weekly meeting or time for communication, allotting 30 minutes should be good.
• Pick a time when both are more apt to be refreshed, not rushed, and could have each other’s full attention.
• Treat it like a business meeting with a purpose, timeframe, and next steps.

When you do sit down and talk:

• Remove and block out as many distractions as you can.
• Follow good communication practices.
• Face the person who is talking to you or the person you are speaking to and make eye contact.
• Speak clearly and honestly using kind words; be respectful, watch your tone of voice
• Actively listen
• Think about what is said
• If there is anything you don’t understand, Ask clarifying questions
• Stick to one subject at a time, don’t bring in extra or unrelated topics
• Respond appropriately
• If the conversation is not going well, take a break from the discussion for a few hours or even a day. Then resume when emotions are calm and are minds are open to a respectful conversation.

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