It seems profoundly unfair, but it is reality: Good relationships get all the breaks and bad ones seem to attract every single problem that passes within a hundred mile radius. The very relationships that need help the most accumulate problem after problem while good relationships keep on humming along.
Keep Conversations From Escalating
The communication skill to learn before any other is containment.
Containment is the ability to prevent issues, problems, and challenges from escalating unnecessarily. And escalation is a grave relational threat that lurks just around the corner in almost every interaction.