YES MEANS YES: The Relationship Game Changer
Chelsea Avery, Ryan Avery |
TEDxAkron
• April 2018
Most of us are never taught healthy ways to communicate, relying on reality-tv-show “role models,” movies and differing home/school environments. The good news? These communication skills are learnable but will require unlearning of past habits. Learn how to apply this simple yet incredibly effective action in your relationship to get rid of the passive aggressiveness, increase your happiness and decrease your fighting. Entrepreneurs. World Record Holders. Kitchen dance party advocates. Chelsea and Ryan Avery created their thriving business and fulfilling relationship, implementing simple strategies gathered from research, experience, and couples all over the world. The communication strategy that has had the most profound effect on their relationship and the others they've shared it with... YES MEANS YES! From Ryan getting laid off the day after their wedding and Chelsea starting the job hunt after getting her master’s in social work, the financial and emotional strain from the beginning of their marriage was intense. Like many of us, they wanted their relationship to be fun, fulfilling and meaningful but of course, life can’t always be donuts and vacation. There are real hardships, real emotions and real stress that threatens to take over. Chelsea and Ryan have found after 11 years of being together, experiencing the highs and lows of life, open communication is essential for having the fulfilling and lasting relationship most of us crave.