4 steps to communicate better in your relationships | Matt Townsend | TEDxBYU

What is it like being in a relationship with you? Do the people around you genuinely feel seen, heard, and understood, or are you inadvertently starving them from the “emotional oxygen” they so desperately crave? Dr. Matt uses his gift of humor and storytelling to colorfully weave the four principles of “REAL Connection” with his relationship skill-building metaphors of the “Space Between”, “Emotional Oxygen” and “Smoke and Fire”. This talk will leave you both educated and motivated to breathe new life into your most important relationships. Matt Townsend PhD, has been teaching couples and companies how to deepen their connection and mediate conflict for nearly 25 years. As a speaker people fall in love with, Dr. Matt powerfully blends his humorous storytelling style with his academic insights gathered from his master’s degrees in Communication and Human Development and a Doctorate in Human and Organizational Systems. He is the author of the book, STARVED Stuff…Feeding the Seven Basic Needs of Healthy Relationships. Matt hosted his own radio show “The Matt Townsend Show” for 11 years which can be found on I Heart radio. All of Matt’s workshops and classes on anxiety, parenting and relationships can be found at MattTownsend.com. Matt and his wife Mardi have been married for more than 30 years, and together they are the parents of 6 children and three grandchildren. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx