Tips for maintaining healthy couple relationships
- Establishing routines and rituals keep us connected in a busy world that pulls us apart; eg: regular date nights; weekend leisure activities; eating meals together; do weekend chores together.
- Seek first to understand your partner -instead of demanding your partner understand you first
- During tense conversations, notice what makes sense about your partner’s position – instead of focusing on what you disagree with.
- Put your partner 1st – ahead of career, children, parents , friends, hobbies
- Give your partner the red carpet treatment – never stop wooing one another. This avoids taking one another for granted
- If feeling stuck in a rut, enroll in a couple’s relationship course, read books and watch you tube clips about relationships.
- See a well trained couples therapist if one partner (or both) feels unhappy in relationship.
Your safety is 1st priority
If you are unsafe in your relationship, the priority is to take steps to ensure your safety. Only once you are safe is it time to commence couples therapy. Contact 1800 RESPECT (24 hours) or Mensline 1300 789 978 (24 hours)