Julie Baumgardner

Julie Baumgardner

Op-ed contributor

Engaging in healthy conflict with your spouse

Not long ago, I was talking with a woman who shared that she and her husband never have conflict. I asked her how that was possible, and she said, “I go along to get along because it’s not safe to disagree with my spouse.” At that moment, my heart broke for her. Here was a woman who had silenced herself in the name of keeping “peace” in her household.

Engaging in healthy conflict with your spouse