Six weeks ago, I wrote that communication is a tool, not a solution. I mentioned that without a few key elements, communication is more likely to harm than to heal. Those are:

- Priorities
- Openness
- Respect
- Compassion
- Autonomy

So far, I've covered priorities and openness. Today, I'm tackling respect. 

And I've been sort of wrestling with this. Because I think it's a challenge to show what I mean by respect in actual examples. 

It is. 

Because a lack of respect can show in so many millions of ways that I could never cover them all. 

So, instead, I'm going to focus on the effect of respect in a conversation. 

Find the full transcript for this episode here. https://datingkinky.com/blog/communication/what-does-communicating-with-respect-look-like/

Your ‘But’ Is Showing: https://datingkinky.com/blog/communication/your-but-is-showing