Thriving Together: A Guide to Building a Strong Relationship for Couples

Thriving Together: A Guide to Building a Strong Relationship for Couples

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Are you finding it harder and harder to maintain a healthy and happy relationship with your partner? Given all the demands of modern life, it’s easy for couples to fall into the trap of simply surviving rather than thriving. But you can build a relationship that endures and flourishes with a bit of intentionality and effort. Below, are some actionable tips and resources for navigating life’s challenges with your partner — and finding joy in the process!

Engage in Fun Activities Together

First things first, you and your partner need to have fun together. So find some activities that help you do just that.

Practice Self-Care

Taking care of your own health and well-being will help you grow into the best version of yourself (and the same goes for your partner).

Communicate More Effectively

We all know how important communication is in relationships, but effective communication is much easier said than done. Here are some practical ways to improve in this area with your partner:

Establish Household Habits

Making little changes around the house can have a significant impact on your relationship. Start establishing healthy habits today.

Thriving as a couple requires a deliberate and ongoing effort. Having fun together, practicing self-care, prioritizing communication, and establishing good habits will do wonders for fostering a strong and healthy relationship. And both you and your partner will notice more joy and fulfillment in your lives.

It’s the little things that count, so don’t underestimate the power of a kind word, a loving touch, or a shared laugh!

 

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A Time to Reflect

Jesus came to spread a message of peace, forgiveness and love to everyone and whether or not you celebrate Christmas, this can be a time for you to reflect on your life and look for how you can be more peaceful, forgiving and loving towards yourself and others.

When will you remember that what you do to another, you do to yourself and that what you think about another you think about yourself and when you judge another you judge yourself?

Until you are able to love yourself completely, you will not be able to fully love another no matter how hard you may try.

Many of you seek love from outside of yourself and yet true love comes from within and extends outwards towards others. Until you are able to give yourself love, you will not be able to receive it from others and you will continue to experience a sense of lack and unworthiness.

Marisa’s Musings

Have you ever wondered why so many of us have such difficulty loving ourselves unconditionally? As much as I’ve come a long way over the years towards loving myself, I still have a ways to go. I’m still hard on myself at times and will beat myself up when I’m feeling upset about not living up to my expectations and then I beat myself up more for beating myself up because I think I should know better. I forgive myself for the times I’ve fallen into this trap.

I’m still working on celebrating how far I’ve come instead of looking at how far I think I have yet to go to reach all my goals. For example, I used to hate myself and felt completely unworthy of love and had very low levels of self-confidence and self esteem. I’ve come a long way from that dark place and I’m so grateful for this.

Yes, there are still times when I lack confidence and when my self-esteem takes a nose dive and yet, for the most part, I feel very good about myself and what I’ve created in my life and I am filled with gratitude.

I believe the reason we sometimes have difficulty loving ourselves is because we’ve forgotten who we are and we’re living out our lives with the wounds from our past. During this festive and Holy time, let’s be more conscious of how we’re treating ourselves and do our best to heal our wounds and forgive ourselves for the times we’ve been unloving towards others and towards ourselves.   As we heal our wounds and remember more and more about who we REALLY are, we will fall more and more in love with ourselves and this will extend to loving everyone around us more deeply and authentically.

I wish you much peace, love and joy not only during this festive time, but always and until we meet again, I send you love & blessings.

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