Improve Communication with Your Long-Distance Partner – Workbook

Fillable PDF / 71 Pages / 86 Questions

This step by step guide will help you improve communication with your long-distance partner.
– Agree on the best times and days for you to talk.
– Talk about difficult topics.
– Build emotional closeness.
– Discuss all aspects of your communication as you would during a coaching session.

Without seeing your partner it can be difficult to express yourself in the way your partner can understand what you mean. Miscommunication leads to unnecessary arguments and fights and can cause emotional distance. On top of the lack of physical closeness, emotional distance can prove too much for your relationship.

This workbook is for you, if:
– You are having constant arguments and misunderstanding.
– You feel like you are growing apart.
– You are upset when your partner is not doing what you ask.
– You are feeling ignored by your partner
– Your relationship is not working and you don’t know why.
– You don’t know how to talk about your issues.
– Your conversations frequently end in arguments.
– You feel unheard and misunderstood.
– You feel discouraged when you try talking to your partner about your relationship problems.
– Your partner does not recognise the issues you are trying to fix.
– Your partner is being defensive when you bring up the issues.
– You feel lost and disheartened.
– Your attempts to solve the problems turn into arguments.
– You feel frustrated because you do not know what else you can do.
– You feel like giving up.
– You really need a resolution because nothing you tried has worked.

Throughout this workbook you will:
– Reflect on your communication both online and face-to-face.
– Learn to listen to your partner and understand what they mean.
– Learn to express your thoughts and feelings in a healthy and loving way.
– Develop effective communication through real time practice.
– Become aware of how you and your partner communicate.
– Agree on how you best communicate.
– Implement effective communication techniques to help you communicate better, express yourselves clearly and hear each other attentively.
– Work in your communication problems so you can fix other issues in your relationship that come as a result of poor communication.
– Develop effective communication.
– Create a stronger emotional connection.

Getting Started
1. Make a copy
2. Send it to your partner
3. Fill it in separately
4. Compare your answers
5. Get in touch with us if you need help

What is a fillable pdf?
A fillable pdf is a pdf document where you can answer the questions and make notes directly on your computer, without having to print it out. Apart from saving trees, this format has a number of benefits when it comes to working on it with your long-distance partner:
• Work with it from your computer.
• Save it to the cloud and make notes on the go, wherever you are.
• Share it with your partner and let them answer the questions in their own time.
• Leave more challenging sections until you see each other.

Important
1. Before you begin working with this pdf, download and save it on your computer.
2. Remember to save it as you make changes.