The Importance Of Interpersonal Communication

Dear Chris and Patrice,

Congratulations on your recent engagement. You are about to embark on a life long journey that consists of exchanging information between the two of you. It is a privilege that you both would like advice on how to effectively communicate in your relationship. I have been taking a class on Interpersonal Communication. There are many things that I have learned that will help your relationship develop and deepen as a marriage couple. Many of these tips and techniques has helped improved my marriage and made it a stronger relationship. There are a lot of skills that are needed to connect successfully. I like to share what I have learned from the class. There are five skills that I think will embellish your relationship. They are the strategies for active, critical, and emphatic listening, emotional intelligence and its role in effective interpersonal relationship; self-disclosure; principles and misconceptions in communication; recognize how words have the power to create and affect attitudes; and identify the barriers to effective interpersonal interactions. Even though communication is the key to marriage, as newly engaged couple, learning as much as possible about each other will guarantee a healthy marriage.

I like to share with you that interpersonal communication has excellent tools. If they are used effectively they can affects your strategies of listening, influence your judgments, actions and awareness, control your emotional intelligence, social interactions and most of all the words you might choose to use. Many couples think they are communicating with each other when they sort out who will pick up the kids, pay the bills or call the grandparents, says Orbuch. (Schoenberg, 2011). Terri Orbuch, a re...

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In conclusion interpersonal communication controls words, and it should be used effectively. To communicate effectively takes time, practice and skills. There are many skills that can be used when trying to better the level of communication in your marriage. Some of the skills I identified are developing strategies for active, critical, and emphatic listening, emotional intelligence, where you build your self-confidence of who you are as a person; self-disclosure, sharing your weakness and strengths, learning strategies for managing misconception of words, and keeping down conflict. Identifying the barriers, and develop plans for active, critical and emphatic concern listening. Remember communication is the key in all marriage. I really hope that this advice and tips will help you to have a long and successful marriage.