When Your Mate Doesn’t Understand

3 Secrets to Being Heard: A Couple’s Guide to Communication

You don’t have to spend years searching for answers. I’ve already done the hard work for you.

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Do you feel disconnected?

Does your mate often misunderstand what you say?
Do you want deeper conversations?

Unfortunately, many mates don't actually list to what the other one says.

No matter how loudly or softly, clearly or often they say it—their most important messages are lost in a muddle of words mixed with periods of painful silence.

I know how that feels.

I experienced the same frustrating situation in my own life for more than 16 years. Our conversations went nowhere. We were stuck in an endless loop of miscommunication.

Counseling wasn’t an option, and I felt totally alone in trying to figure out how to create a healthier marriage.

So I read enough relationship books to choke a horse.

But nothing changed.
And our marriage ended.

Several years later, I finally had the opportunity to go to college, and on to grad school where I earned my Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology.

And I started counseling couples.

For 25 years, I watched similar scenarios play out with couples who came to me for help.

This time, I knew the solution.

Although the context and content were different, each couple had developed one of a few predictable patterns that was easily recognizable within minutes of our first meeting.

My job was to help them change the outcome of their story by teaching them just three key secrets to being heard.

To this day

even years after working with me, former clients still refer their families and friends to me for help with romantic relationships.

Because I had discovered the secrets to better couple communication.

And in case you’re wondering
I did find love again. ❤️

I want you to know those secrets, too!

So I’ve created a free guide that includes what I taught couples during counseling.

In Better Couple Communication: 3 Key Secrets to Being Heard, you'll:

  1. Learn the One and Only Reason your conversations are going nowhere.
  2. Identify your Bottom Line Question (it’s different for everyone)and why it’s important to know what your question is.
  3. Discover my #1 Best Kept Secret to better couple communication that will empower you to create a beautiful lifelong relationship.
Get started on your own path toward Better Couple Communication now.
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Disclaimer: The information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute psychological or medical advice. This is not therapy, and participation does not establish a therapist–client relationship. Although Dr. Debi Smith, PsyD, is a psychologist by training, she serves in this context as a marriage educator and couples coach—offering guidance, not clinical treatment. She teaches the Psychology of Men, Women, and Marriage, and helps participants turn insight into action and knowledge into transformation.