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How You Communicate Reveals What You Think About Yourself

Poor communication is the running joke in my family. Even as a child I realized my parents weren’t effective communicators, and their example formed me and my siblings. Now, whenever there is a communication breakdown in the family, we laugh ruefully at ourselves, and say, “Of course, it’s our thing.”

By Paula Gallagher3 min read
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Now that I’m an adult with my own family, I’m working at being more aware of how I am (or am not) communicating. I’m blessed to have a husband who will good-humoredly call me out on mishandled communication opportunities (he’s basically the Mr. Knightley to my Emma, minus the age gap). So, slowly, I’m growing.