Building Relationships: Developing healthy relationships, communication skills and conflict resolution

Building of relationships is the very essence of a civilized society. Without any mutual relationship, mutual concern for each other a healthy society cannot exist. The word ‘relationship’ is a derivative of the word “Relative”, therefore one has to understand that creating an atmosphere of mutual trust, faith, respect, likes, dislikes and sharing each other’s joys and sorrows, are of paramount importance for the development, sustenance and flourishing of an effective relationship. The issue of creating healthy relations is a sensitive issue and any wrong step in the direction by any action or wrong utterance/communication can prove damaging. The present paper talks on how effective communication skills are helpful where one is treading in unknown territories because a skillful communicator can easily decide about the technique to be used in specific situations or with specific people.