Active Listening Stimulates Sex Life
The workbook titled “Building strong marriages” written by a group called Prepare & Enrich points out that active listening is the capability to let one’s partner know he/she understands the other by restating the message. In one sharing his or her wish list with the partner, he/she will be showing his or her assertiveness. Moreover, in offering feedback to the partner regarding one’s wish list, one will be showing his or her active listening skills. Indeed, when each person knows what the partner wants and feels and when both of them know they have been heard and understood, the intimacy between the two is enhanced. Apparently, active listening plays a very big role in improving sex life; it helps the couples to grow closer to each other (Prepare & Enrich 3).
Active Listening Resolves Conflicts
According to the book titled “Living and loving each day: success in a blended family” written by Henry Janzen and Susan Colleen Janzen, there can be resolving of most conflicts if the involved parties have the willingness to really listen to one another. Making an effort to understand the other party’s point of view involves deliberate listening. Precisely, this implies that there should be no insults, no editorial comments, no interruptions, no defensiveness, and no argumentative statements. Active listening means that each party takes energy and time to carry out the interpretation of the meaning behind the spoken words without, at the same time, thinking about themselves. One should speak diplomatically and openly and the moment this is done, both parties will feel better and will as well set the stage for having a closer relationship (Janzen and Janzen 166).
Works Cited
Janzen, Henry and Janzen Colleen Susan. Living and loving each day: success in a blended family. Edmonton: Spotted Cow Press, 2015. Print.
Prepare & Enrich. Building strong marriages. New York: Life Innovations, Inc., 2015. Print.
