So how does all of this reconcile with - Listen - Validate - Focus on your own issues
Listen - you are listening very well now things are distressing you, you are listening to yourself instead of stuffing it.
Validate - you now understand and have been using the concept and you are recognising your wife doesn't understand how to validate.
Focus on your own issues - you are now emotionally healthy (from doing the work) enough to be assertive and stand up for you own feelings, needs and wants. This is your issue.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
