Summing Up Relationship Advice
Do you ever find the information on this blog overwhelming? After all, we hand over a new piece of advice or information to you on relationships everyday. Standalone information may be good but cumulative information always makes you get a better perspective. So, in today’s post, we bring to you points that we have discussed in the last few posts.
- It is important to avoid the four horsemen of the relationship apocalypse (criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling) for a healthy relationship.
- Introspect about your contribution to the problems in your relationship. Do to your partner what you want done to yourself. If you are in the habit of shaming and criticizing your partner, you are just spoiling your relationship.
- Strive to make your relationship healthy. A healthy relationship is one that showcases the following attributes: friendship, humor, communication, chore sharing, sexual intimacy, affection, no “Horsemen of the Apocalypse”, mutual and separate friends, reliability, and relationship vision.
- Experience the different kinds of sparks in your marriage. If you think the spark is missing in your marriage, you are just looking in the wrong place. Of course, you cannot have the spark of the first touch or the first kiss, but emotional comfort will bring in sparks that is not present in a new relationship.
- Marriage is an exclusive relationship. It is important to understand that marriage is unlike any other relationship. Expressions of love, affection, and appreciation are important to make a marriage work.
- Your relationship should provide you an emotional haven. You should strive to make your relationship such that your partner finds emotional safety in it.
- Anxiety can affect relationships. If you or your partner remains anxious more than often, your relationship is bound to be affected adversely. Seek anxiety therapy if the problem seems to go out of hand.
- Counseling will work for you only if you are willing to make it work. Your willingness and the commitment to make your relationship work is what will make counseling work. Therefore, participate in counseling and don’t expect the counselor to handle everything on his/her own.
Hope this post helped you get a bigger picture of your relationship.
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