{"id":3115,"date":"2013-04-01T10:31:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stayhappilymarried.com\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2013-04-01T10:31:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T14:31:27","slug":"how-to-argue-and-save-your-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/2013\/04\/01\/how-to-argue-and-save-your-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Argue and Save Your Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Is there a right way and a wrong way to argue?<\/h3>\n<p>The answer is yes. And the secret&#8217;s out. There is a right way and a wrong way to argue. Oftentimes when couples fight, it becomes husband versus wife, him against her. The issue with that, however, is that the entire sense of the &#8220;team&#8221; attitude within the couple gets lost in the mess.<\/p>\n<p>With a relationship it&#8217;s not about not getting angry or not disagreeing because that&#8217;s unrealistic. The true key is staying emotionally connected to someone you view as a teammate in a generally positive way. According to relationship expert John Gottman, there are two types of problems within relationships: resolvable and perpetual; and two out of three problems are perpetual. Luckily, there are conflict resolution skills for each kind of problem that couples can learn and use to ultimately strengthen their marriages.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s guest is Erica Blystone, a licensed clinical social worker with <a title=\"Lepage Associates\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lepageassociates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lepage Associates<\/a>. After more than 10 years of clinical work with adults, couples, children and families, Erica has seen her fair share of conflict within relationships, and she says there is a way to manage it effectively.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Erica and her practice, visit their <a title=\"Lepage Associates\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lepageassociates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> or call (919) 572-0000 to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a right way and a wrong way to argue? The answer is yes. And the secret&#8217;s out. There is a right way and a wrong way to argue. Oftentimes when couples fight, it becomes husband versus wife, him against her. The issue with that, however, is that the entire sense of the &#8220;team&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,10,11,14,19,20,21,23,24,26,32,33,34,36,41,47,48,50,53,55,66,71,74,77],"tags":[103,544,148,185,549,223,238,275,334,376,408],"class_list":["post-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-anger","category-anxiety","category-appreciation","category-blame","category-children","category-coaching","category-communication","category-compatibility","category-conflict","category-counseling","category-fairness","category-family","category-fathers","category-fighting","category-humor","category-intimacy","category-marriage","category-men","category-mothers","category-podcasts","category-sex","category-stress","category-tips","category-women","tag-aruge","tag-conflict","tag-conflict-resolution","tag-fair-fighting","tag-fighting","tag-improve-marriage","tag-john-gottman","tag-marriage-problems-marriage","tag-perpetual-problems-strengthen","tag-resolvable-problems","tag-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stayhappilymarried.com\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}