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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
If you tend to press, soften your approach today: ask once, gently, then wait.
The push that seeks closeness often creates distance. Try a softer, slower reach.
When a hard, barbed message comes at you, catch the bullet: absorb it without firing one back.
Returning fire escalates the cycle; holding a hurtful message without retaliating, even just staying quiet and steady, keeps the exchange from…
In the split second before you shut down or snap, notice the hurt or fear that flashed through you, and hold onto it.
Reactions like going cold or hitting back happen fast, but just before them is a brief flash of a deeper feeling: defeat, fear, hopelessness.…
On one small slight today, give your spouse the benefit of the doubt out loud in your mind.
The late reply, the short tone. Choose the reading that is not an attack. Usually it is truer.
Assume your spouse meant well today, even when it landed wrong, and respond to the intent.
Clumsy is not the same as unkind. Answer what they meant, not only how it came out.
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.