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- Questioning Your Relationship Is Normal. “Psychologists estimate that the intoxicating feeling of passionate love lasts from about 18 months to, at best, three years,” says Katie Lasson, a sexologist and relationship advisor for the adult sex shop Peaches and Screams.
- You'll Experience Temptation. Being in a relationship doesn't prevent you from being attracted to other people. In fact, having a crush while in a relationship is pretty common.
- Long-Term Relationships Can Feel Boring. The dating cycle practically begets drama and next-day gossip sessions. While relationships can free you from those highs and lows, they can sometimes feel boring by comparison.
- It's OK To Be Vulnerable. In the last decade, researcher and author Brené Brown has redefined vulnerability, positioning it as a power and tool for connection.
- Daily Appreciation
- Kiss
- Hug
- Awareness of Each Other’S Love Languages
- When Life Is Challenging, Become A Team
- Argue Well
- Relax with Sex
- Laugh
It may sound simple but you’ll be surprised how easy it is to take your partner for granted and to stop seeing what they do well. Focusing on the negative traits of your partner is easier when you’re exhausted; if you’re tired because of a bad night’s sleep, unhappy at work, or overwhelmed with raising children. Even when you’re grumpy, find at lea...
This may also sound obvious, but I hear so often couples telling me that they stopped touching each other because they’re too busy or preoccupied with other things in life. A kiss is not a peck, a kiss is a proper intention to show romantic affection to your partner. Make it last for one minute, a lips-to-lips, slow, intentional kiss (tongue is not...
Hugging is part of being more mindfulof touch, like the kiss. A hug is one of those fundamental behaviours that we find soothing. If you hug your partner long enough, about one minute, and breathe together, you can actually regulate each other’s nervous systems. A daily hug can be an affirmation of being ‘home’ in each other’s arms, it can be a pla...
Gary Chapman wrote the book The Five Love Languages. It is very useful to know about it because it can help you understand your partner’s loving intentions as well as accepting they might be different from yours. The Five Love Languages are: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. If your love langu...
Life can be very difficult at times. We will all experience adversities: a difficult boss, the loss of a friendship, an unloving parent, a bereavement, an accident, a disease, only to name a few. Everybody deals with adversities differently, and it is likely you and your partner will have different ways of operating in a crisis. Don’t impose your o...
A couple who never argue is not the sign of a good relationship. In fact, it can be quite the opposite. It can indicate an avoidance of looking at issues, which only fester and become toxic over time. Arguing with your partner is good. But you need to know how to argue well so that it can be constructive rather than destructive. A good argument is ...
Don’t be bogged down with common sex myths like ‘we must have sex once a week’ or ‘we should orgasm through penetration every time.’ These thoughts, and many others, only serve to create anxietyabout your sex life. If you’re unsatisfied with your sex life, talk to your partner calmly about it and use the skills of arguing well by recruiting your pa...
Laughingis crucial, not only to maintain a successful relationship but to actually live well as an individual. Sometimes it is important to be serious when the circumstances require it. But often, we can let go of taking ourselves so seriously. Make sure you have a laugh, often. It doesn’t matter if you laugh with your wit or an absolute basic ridi...
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- Be honest. Any issues you avoid, or truths you don’t want to acknowledge, will likely undermine your relationship. It’s better to face the truth squarely in the face right now and address it, rather than let it sabotage your relationship in the long run.
- Avoid "failing at their mind." One of the biggest dangers in close relationships is assuming the other person is exactly the same as you in their feelings and thoughts — in other words, "failing at their mind."
- Use Tell Culture. Tell Culture is a communication strategy where you are open and honest with close people in your life about your feelings, thoughts, and what’s going on with you.
- Remove communication barriers. For open and honest communication to work, you need to remove communication barriers. Figure out your individual communication preferences and then compromise on something that works well for both of you.
- Thinking positively about your partner. Having positive thoughts about your partner means that you focus on the good, not the bad, in your partner’s personal qualities and character.
- Thinking about your partner when apart. When you leave your partner for the day, the evening, or for an extended period of time, do you forget about his or her existence?
- Difficulty concentrating on other things when thinking about your partner. If you’re able to set aside your thoughts about your partner without much effort, this suggests that your partner takes up only a small amount of cognitive load.
- Enjoying novel and challenging activities. Like definitely attracts like when it comes to personal interests and hobbies. Spending time together is important, as you’ll see below, but it’s how you spend your time that influences your relationship satisfaction even more.
- Compromise. Relationships are about not only taking, but also giving. If you find yourself not giving very much, or feeling resentful of how much you give and how little you receive back, you may be in an unequal relationship where one side is taking more than they are giving.
- Communicate. Relationships live and die not by the sword, but by the amount of discussion. If two people can’t find a way to openly and honestly communicate their needs and feelings to one another, the relationship doesn’t stand much of a chance long-term.
- Choose Your Battles Carefully. After marriage or when two people move in together, couples tend to discover pretty much the same thing no matter who they are – that they are two different people and living together is harder than anyone ever told them.
- Don’t Hide Your Needs. Sometimes when we enter into a long-term relationship, we put ourselves second, behind the other person’s needs and desires. We might give up working to have a child, or agree to move to another city to help support our significant other’s career.
Oct 14, 2021 · When you argue, you may always use “you” statements: “You always do this…” or “You never do that…”. Because “you” statements often assign blame, switching to “I” and “me ...
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May 23, 2023 · 6 therapist-approved tips for long-term relationship health 1. Work through issues as soon as they arise. Dissecting relationship problems with your S.O. can be scary, but according to Dr. Mintz ...
