Reflection prompt #9

Taking a deeper dive into buffering our vital relationships from the side effects of conflict

Earlier this month I shared research highlighting the importance of feeling understood by those close to us. I wrote,

One factor seems to play a crucial role in protecting a relationship from the negative effects of conflict: How well we think the other person “gets” us.

A reader privately reached out to ask about this sentence in my article: “My husband gets me. He has demonstrated this in big and little ways every day for more than three decades. I like to think I get him” too. She asked how I know I get him and whether or not he’d say I really do.