Friday, November 10, 2006

Building Healthy Realtionships

Everyone wants to have healthy relationships with the people that they care about. At times this seems a very difficult task, especially with your life partner. There are several areas of your relationship that you must be attentive to, when nurturing your relationship and partner.

  • Commitment of the couple is one of the most important ingredients to the relationship. It represents a focus on the couple and the partner - not the self.
  • Satisfaction to each person within the partnership is important to a healthy relationship and must be openly discussed as it will effect the commitment each person displays.
  • Positive Communication that is respectful and has been characterized as involving humor and compromise will keep all relationships healthy.
  • Conflict resolution that couples face together to determine how to successfully problem solve the issue is a characteristic of a healthy marriage.
  • Fidelity or being faithful to your spouse is very important for a healthy relationship, as many relationships do not survive this betrayal of trust.
  • Time together or positive interaction is an important display of enjoying the company of each other.
  • Intimacy and emotional support will bond your relationship with feelings of trust, caring, love, and physical affection which are all an important dimension of a healthy relationship.
  • Commitment to children and their development and well-being within a healthy relationship creates a strong family bond and marriage.

All relationships take work and there will always be times that they will make you feel frustrated and you will wonder if it is worth all the effort. If you stop and think of the joy that your relationships bring you I am sure you will say, "Yes" . Tomorrow will always bring the opportunity to try again.

I'll write again next week.

Gina

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