Three Core Skills Urgent and unrelenting crises of your loved one can leave you and others in the family feeling chronically overwhelmed. Preventing escalation is the most important set of relationship skills you can develop. Skill #1. Breathe. Inhale. Exhale. If you cannot manage your own reactions and stop your emotions from escalating, how can you expect your loved one to do so? Make a firm commitment to remain calm when your loved one is insistently demanding, threateni
