Letter of Advice

Congratulations to the both of you on becoming engaged. I appreciate the two of you asking me for some advice considering the Interpersonal Communications class I am taking. I will be more than pleased to assist the two of you with your communication; I ensure that the both of you will get a lot out of this.

In the strongest of environments, individuals advance from 'relationship' to becoming 'engaged' because two people have conjointly recognized each other, have mutual understandings. I have gone through my textbook and came up with several ideas that may help you guys out. I have learned so much about relationships from this class; it has been very enlightening to me to absorb in new information on how to have a happy and healthy relationship. I was able to come up with a list of things that I feel is very important to know will help you too out a lot will cover. The topics are fairly typical but at the same time they are important. Some of the things I thought we could talk about are your personal communication and see if we can improve your communication competencies. First, we should go over strategies for active, critical, and empathic listening, because the two of you should learn to listen and communicate effectively. Secondly, the both of you should be able to identify the barriers to effective interpersonal interactions. Then, the principles and misconceptions in effective interpersonal communications. Next, y'all should be able to understand how perceptions, emotions, and non-verbal expression affect interpersonal relationship and lastly, you guys must be able to define emotional intelligence and its role in effective interpersonal relationships.

Let's start by clarifying the principles and misconceptions in effective interpersonal communications. The foundation of effective interpersonal communication is to comprehend who you are first. This means the both of you should have and good understanding of your self-image, self-concept, and self-confidence will allow for better understanding of the similar components of your significant other. Interpersonal communication contains both verbal and nonverbal communication, both of these communication categories can be communicated in a range of different ways.

A. Explaining the principles and misconceptions in effective interpersonal communications.

One characteristic to understand is that communication is multifaceted because it consists of two or more people. Communication is always incessant; to continue to be effective in the area of interpersonal communication there is an obligation of repetition, recursion and interchange. Communication is energetic in that the action needs the personification of practices that allow y'all to interactive with your each other. By the same token, it is imperative to remember that misconception and communication cannot alter clarification. My textbook proclaims that we cannot correctly recap something we have said in the past. Even if our words are the similar - the tone of voice and other physiognomies such as affectation and tone will vary- and the listener will too have a changed impression (Sole, K. 2011).

B. Identify the barriers to effective interpersonal interactions.

The harmonious combination of two diverse opinions of view can undoubtedly be observed as a barrier to effective interpersonal communication because equilibrium among the two is not continuously completed. Shared communication difficulties in relationships are weighed as:

1. quiet or refusal to talk

2. giving into the other person at a cost of self or the relationship (also known as pacifying)

Let's face it - the silent treatment is more frequently than not a method of causing pain on the other person, or to become annoyed or disappointed as you are. Whichever way, there are no respectable consequences possible for efficiency to be accomplished. Giving in to one another demands can defuse a undesirable situation. Nevertheless, over the extended point you can;

1. lose who you really are

2. forget the importance of the relationship

3. relationship can become eroded

Lastly, the third barrier cited is Psychological Warfare. This could be born out of feelings of;

1. resignation

2. despair

3. boredom

4. resentment

5. distrust

6. confusion

7. being overwhelmed

8. skepticism

It is imperative to attempt and be a third party spectator of your attitudes because they paint your outlook about your relationship and the world over protracted eras of time. Flashes of perturbation should be talk over with your partner in that moment or shortly after so that bottled up anger won't have the chance to morph into something much inferior in the future such as lying and/or playing games.

C. Understand how perceptions, emotions, and non-verbal expression affect interpersonal relationships.

In chapter three of my textbook, what you observe in the world rest on what you pay attention to (Sole, K. 2011). Through acceptance of this declaration then it is easier to appreciate just how you organize and comprehend what you witness, and the outline of your reactions take place. At all times evoke that emotions are particular ungrounded valuations that live in our bodies for only a tiny period of time as feelings and thoughts. The perception of your significant other may diverge from your own; in fact, it's likely does because you both have had two different journeys all