Where Do We Grow from Here?
Where Do We Grow from Here? is a podcast for couples, men, and individuals navigating the hard work of relationships, mental health, and personal growth hosted by Bucky Bateman, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in San Diego. Each episode explores emotional connection, couples communication, faith-based resilience, and the practical tools that help people move from stuck to strong. Whether you're in a struggling marriage, navigating anxiety or loss, or just trying to become a better version of yourself, this podcast gives you the honest conversations and clinical insight you need to take the next step.
Where Do We Grow from Here?
How to Fight Fair in Marriage: Arguing Without Destroying Your Connection
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All couples argue. The question isn't whether you'll have conflict it's whether your conflict will bring you closer or drive you further apart. In this episode of the Couples Connection Series, Bucky Bateman unpacks why conflict is not only inevitable in close relationships but necessary for growth and exactly what separates couples who fight well from those who don't.
Bucky covers the most damaging patterns couples fall into during arguments (many of them familiar from Gottman research), what healthy conflict actually looks like, and the specific skills that help couples move through disagreement without leaving lasting damage. If your arguments tend to escalate, go circular, or end in one of you shutting down, this episode was made for you.
Conflict doesn't have to mean disconnection. With the right tools, it can become one of the most powerful paths to deeper intimacy.
Topics: how to fight fair in marriage, couples conflict resolution, arguing in relationships, healthy conflict in marriage, marriage communication, Gottman method, couples therapy tips, conflict and intimacy