On Attachment
On Attachment
Stephanie Rigg
#259: How to Communicate with a Defensive Partner
17 minutes Posted May 26, 2026 at 7:40 pm.
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Does your partner get defensive easily, even when you feel like you weren't being attacking or critical? If so, today's episode is for you. Being on the receiving end of someone's chronic defensiveness can be extremely frustrating and disheartening, and it can feel like a real block to connection.

But the way we typically respond — by making someone wrong for their defensiveness — can entrench the very pattern we're hoping to shift.

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