Apparently I'm all about relationships at the moment...! I've spotted another interesting article which highlights how to argue better with you significant other. Apparently, couples who use anaylitical language when they argue fair better, so that means using words like "think", "understand", "because" or "reason". Well to be precise the article says that men fair better, women don't. The article is based on research that links language use and stress responses, a fascinating area of research that I'd like to take the time to learn more about, the language we use to talk about, well everything, always piques my interest.

You can read the article here.

If you're interested in learning better conflict resolution skills, I can recommend starting with Michael Rosenberg and the non-violent communication techniques he's developed. The principle is SO simple, it's easy to pick up (although, obviously its the practicing it that takes work!).