Course Description

Conflict is a natural part of life. We all handle it every day.  For example, we all have experience of conflicting appointments or events competing for time and attention in our schedules.  For the most part, we just get on with prioritising and sorting things out - without allowing the time conflicts to become too major a source of stress.  

However, conflict between two people gets more tricky because things like emotions and egos come into the picture!  The fact is, as individuals, we're all different – we think differently, respond differently and inevitably will be at odds with each other over some issue or other, from time to time. 

The role of conflict in helping us to focus and agree on priorities is even more important in a relationship.   Conflict is an inevitable part of life and of itself is generally helpful, not harmful.  It’s the way we handle conflict that can get us into danger zones.


In this course you will learn how to :

  1. Diffuse the fear and anxiety around conflict and accept it as an inevitable part of life.
  2. Dispel some unhelpful myths & assumptions around dealing with conflict that often make the situation worse.
  3. Understand the difference between “me” centred and “us” centred approaches to managing conflict and the difference it can make.
  4. Learn how to create more "emotional cushion" in your relationship so conflict is not easily triggered.


By the end of the course you will have more confidence about how to use conflict to increase mutual understanding and come out stronger as a couple.

Your Co-Presenters Dr. Andrea & Jonathan Taylor-Cummings

Andrea and Jon are the co-Founders and Co-CEOs of 4 Habits Consulting and Founding Trustees of the UK registered charity, Soulmates Academy Foundation.

Being city professionals and entrepreneurs themselves, Andrea and Jon have first-hand experience of the inevitable strain on relationships caused by high stress careers, living and working together, and juggling the responsibilities of family and work in an attempt to find a sustainable balance. The 4 Habits are a culmination of their work in relationship education over 25+ years, drawing from principles in psychology, management theory and scientific research. Initially alongside their professional city careers, and now as their full time mission, they help people change their behaviours from habits that damage relationships to habits that strengthen them, on purpose.

Andrea & Jon are recognised authorities on the subject of relationship education, with numerous public speaking engagements, multiple TV, Radio and Podcast appearances around the world, a successful TEDx Talk (3M+ Views) and a book on The 4 Habits of ALL successful relationships.

In April 2023 they celebrated 30 years of marriage. They have 2 grown children… who still keep them totally accountable on all the relationship advice they give!

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    2. ...a bit of Housekeeping

    3. Partners GO FREE - Send us details here for separate login, if required

    1. 4 Levels of Relationship

    2. Level 1) Forming

    3. Levels 2 & 3) Storming & Norming

    4. Level 4) Performing

    1. Common Conflict Resolution styles

    2. WINners

    3. YIELDers

    4. WITHDRAWERers

    5. COMPROMISErs

    6. Moving to 'Us' centred model

    1. Busting common Myths - Part 1

    2. Busting common Myths - Part 2

    1. The Emotional Bank Account (EBA) - Overview

    2. EBA - Practical Examples

    3. EBA - Summary

    1. Exercise - Setting up your EBA

    2. Quiz - Test Your Understanding

    3. Exercise - Creating "Emotional Cushion" PDF Download

About this course

  • $49.00
  • 24 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Reviews

5 star rating

Really useful Help in bite size chunks

D T

These bite size video clips make it easy for busy people juggling work and home to get help for those inevitable moments of conflict with their partners - an...

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These bite size video clips make it easy for busy people juggling work and home to get help for those inevitable moments of conflict with their partners - and to minimise such conflict in the future. At last some really pragmatic and individual help for conflict at home rather than the usual team focussed offerings for conflict at work.

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5 star rating

Brilliant, Relevant,Timely, Enjoyable and easy to follow

J J

Although this course is geared primarily towards couples, I found it beneficial to me as a single person as the subject matter is part and parcel of everyone...

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Although this course is geared primarily towards couples, I found it beneficial to me as a single person as the subject matter is part and parcel of everyone's life journey. I am a social worker and face conflict on a daily basis with both clients, and other professional/personal relationships. I have done other courses on conflict resolution as part of my training for my job role, however I found this one to be much more beneficial to me as although it explains the different types of conflict resolution that most people use, the additional insight of the Love Languages, and personality styles enabled me to gain a clear understanding of conflict resolution and put it in context that can be relevant for my job role and personal relationships. I have recently moved from living a number of years as a single person into a ready made family and the teaching on the 4 levels of relationships (again something that I knew before from training and working with staff teams) enabled me to contextualise what I am going through and remove some of the stress I am experiencing in the newly formed relationships. I had never considered looking at the 4 levels of relationships and its relationship to conflicts and managing these. Thanks guys. Well done.

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