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            4 Steps to Healthy Communication

                               Faulty communication is the main reason couples break up.

 

Even when we think
we have expressed ourselves, what we mean to say often gets lost in how we say it.
Speaking in vague, sweeping generalities, simply venting our emotions, or just
plain nagging does not work.

Communication needs to be direct and to the point, stating how you feel, what you
want, asking for a commitment to give it to you, and letting the person know what
will happen if they don’t. Below is the 4 Steps to Healthy Communication.

1. Express yourself: "I feel [a specific emotion] whenever you [specify exactly what he does].

"Say how you feel, and identify who and what makes you feel that way. Own the
feeling and be specific (do not say, "You make me so angry"), and don't attack
(never say, "You're selfish"). Ideally, your communication would Look like this, "I feel
angry when you ask me to change my plans to accommodate yours."

2. State what you want: "I want [a specific behavior]."

When you state exactly what you want, you avoid the Dumb Mistake of expecting
your mate to read your mind. Statements along the lines of "I want you to spend
more time with me doing the things that I enjoy," "I want you to phone me when you
think you will be late for dinner," or "I want us to have sex more often."

3. Ask for a commitment: "Will you {give me what I want—be even more specific}'"

This is the only way to find out whether he has heard you and whether he intends to
consider or comply with your request. "Will you spend more time going to places
that I want to go, such as my office party next Friday night?" "Will you phone me
next time you know you will be late?" and "Will you have sex with me tonight?" are
specific, to the point, and should yield a clear yes or no.

4. Tell him what the consequences of not giving you what you want are: "If not, I will [state specifically what you will do]."

This step tells him you are serious about your request. You might say, "If you won't
spend more time with me doing things I like to do, I will make plans to spend that
time with other people"; "If you don't call when you are late, I will assume you are not
coming and will make other plans"; or "If you don't want to commit yourself to having
a better sex life with me, I will leave this relationship and find someone else who
does." If you really want to get what you want, you must have a plan to cover what
you will do if you don't get it.

Five UN workers killed in Mali hotel siege

 

Two Ukrainians, a Nepalese and a South African have died along with their local driver after terrorists stormed a hotel south of Bamako

Malian security forces patrolling in Goundam back in June  Photo:

Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants, during a nearly 24-hour siege. Twelve people died in the siege - among them two Ukrainians, a Nepalese and a South African. The South African was a 38-year-old pilot from Pretoria. The gunmen had seized the Byblos Hotel in the town of Sevare, 400 miles northeast of the west African nation's capital Bamako, early on Friday and held off government troops who quickly surrounded the building. The attack, far to the south of the Islamist militants' traditional desert strongholds, was the latest in what appears to be a growing campaign against Malian soldiers and UN personnel by remnants of an al Qaeda-linked insurgency. "It's a troubling sign that the armed Islamist groups are intent on stepping up the pressure both on the Malian government and on the UN and French presence," said Bruce Whitehouse, Mali expert and associate professor at Lehigh University. "They want to show they are not just contained within the north and that they're not afraid to confront their primary enemies where they're strongest." Radhia Achouri, spokeswoman for Mali's UN peacekeeping mission, MINUSMA, said four UN contractors - two from South Africa along with a Russian and a Ukrainian - had been freed in the pre-dawn raid by security forces."At no point were they discovered by the terrorists in the hotel. They were hiding," she said. Five soldiers and four gunmen, including one who officials earlier said was strapped with explosives, were also killed. Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack, according to a government statement released late on Friday. A 2013 French-led military operation drove back Islamist fighters,whohad taken advantage of an ethnic Tuareg rebellion and a military coup to seize territory in the north a year earlier. While the United Nations has managed to broker a tenuous peace agreement between the government and Tuareg separatists, Islamist fighters left out of the negotiations have mounted an insurgency. Former colonial ruler France and other Western and regional nations fear Islamist fighters could turn the remote region into a launch pad for attacks further a field if they regain power there.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LOVE LIFE

Are you starting to feel boredom setting into your love relationship? 

Have you ever wondered how to improve your love life?

After months or years into a relationship, it's easy to let romance slide off the meter and allow complacency and routine to set the pace of a committed relationship. But it doesn't have to be this way.

There are romantic ideas you can apply to bring greater intimacy and passion back into your love life.
With these love tips, you'll be perking up your love life soon!