How to NOT Take Things Personally, Mini-Workshop

Taking things personally shuts down your relationship …

You know how frustrating it is when your partner takes something you say personally and reacts. But even though it’s super irritating, can anyone of us say we don’t take things personally?

Taking things personally means having a negative emotional reaction to something that’s not necessarily about you at all (although sometimes it is). What happens when one or both of you take things personally while trying to have a conversation?

Perhaps something like this happens …

• You get mad and start fighting.

• You get derailed from what you were trying to talk about.