We invite you to attend the conference entitled: "How to communicate in the family", held by our speaker specialized in family harmony.

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We invite you to attend the conference entitled: "How to communicate in the family", held by our speaker specialized in family harmony.

Do you have conflicts in your family? Do you feel overwhelmed and don't know how to get out of this whirlwind? Are you tired of daily confrontations with your children, your spouse, your ex-spouse, your parents-in-law or your children? You would like to find harmony in your family and your couple? Discover simple and effective strategies and tools that cover many facets of communication.

Our speaker has put her 10 years of experience in the family environment to good use by helping her clients meet their family life challenges. She specializes in helping separated and blended families, while expanding her field of expertise to the entire educational sphere. Her goal is to promote balance and harmony, first with oneself and then with one's children, couple, family, work, etc.

Between the overloaded schedules of some, sometimes implying that the members of the same family cross paths, the baby's cries that we can't always decipher and the teenagers who complain of being misunderstood, the family atmosphere can quickly turn into a nightmare! The key to family balance? Communication!

Communicating information, needs or even desires to your loved ones is not always easy. Here are some family tips that may help you communicate better and live in harmony within your family.

Talk

It may seem obvious, but when you have teenagers at home, it's not always easy to understand them, since their silence can be so heavy and full of innuendos that are difficult to decipher. A pout can mean "no", "I don't know", or even "yes with pleasure"... The same thing between spouses: a good argument is sometimes more beneficial than unspoken words or text messages, which can be misinterpreted.

Learn to listen to each other

Hearing does not always mean listening. Indeed, we must not only hear the words, but also the messages sometimes hidden behind them. With time and fatigue, misunderstandings often multiply. An instruction given between two doors or a sentence mentioned at bedtime will not necessarily be well understood. Try to choose the right place and the best time to talk about important things, favouring calm places and taking care to avoid days of annoyance and bad moods.

Helping to express emotions

This advice may seem to apply only to children, but many adults find it difficult to express their grief or disappointment to their spouse, for example. A shy and introverted child will have difficulty expressing his desires or frustrations, which can sometimes have serious consequences in adulthood. Asking your spouse or your child about their feelings will often defuse many conflicts.

Establish a climate of trust

Your children should feel free to discuss their anxieties and worries with you. Without communication, uneasiness can set in deeply and small everyday problems can quickly accumulate, until the situation explodes and becomes very difficult to manage. This mutual trust will also allow the sharing of joys and confidences.

Learning to respect each other

There are as many characters in a family as there are members! Some are more introverted than others and will not hesitate, for example, to make fun of their brother or sister, not always out of spite, but rather out of habit. Respecting your spouse or sibling means accepting their differences.

Seek negotiation rather than confrontation

Speak without shouting and respect divergent opinions. Differences of opinion should not lead to conflict, but should be the occasion for a healthy and constructive debate within the family. It is therefore important to ban mockery, comparisons and judgments, and to teach everyone to make concessions so that everyone finds a common solution.

Eating meals together as a family

What better occasion than a meal to be all together around the table? Taking the time to sit down together and share, during dinner, the painful subjects, the daily questions but also the joys, will be the occasion for each one to express himself and to be heard by all the family. Provided, of course, that the television does not invite itself to the table...

Set up a weekly agenda with your spouse

To plan the important appointments of the week and not risk missing the dance show of the youngest or the weekend at mother-in-law's, it is advisable to set up a weekly appointment to synchronize the diaries. And why not take advantage of this opportunity to get together for a little candlelight dinner?

Learn positive communication

The key to successful family communication lies in the practice of positive communication. Using positive words, behaving with family members as you would like them to behave with you, adopting a daily caring attitude and making a habit of reviewing family successes and joys.