To do list...for a good Relationship       

 

Experienced marriage and relationship counsellors have identified a number of components that are important to successful long-term relationships for couples.

 

1. Investing time into the relationship;
   
2. Share a sense of teamwork along with shared goals:
   
3. Remembering the good things their partner does for them and to not focus on the negative;
   
4. Put energy and effort into building on the positives:- discovering, learning and practising the skills that create warmth, love, and fun in the relationship;
   
5. Addressing and healing hurts, frustrations and conflicts:- these are not a sign of a troubled or bad relationship but are normal and expected;
   
6. How these are handled will determine whether healing happens or the hurts keep occurring;
   
7. Engaging in positive use of humour in the relationship;
   
8. Learn how to use the conflicts and frustrations to deepen and enhance the relationship;
   
9. Successful relationships require a lot of skill and a lot of work;
   
10. Loving your partner fully will require personal development and growth;
    
11. Learning the skills of being gentle with each other;
    
12. Actively respect and support their partners dreams and aspirations;
    
13. Experiencing an aliveness of romance and sexual togetherness that continues within the relationship;
    
14. Avoiding and working through damaging emotions rather than holding and using these against the other.
     

 

 

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