{"id":1062,"date":"2015-01-05T09:46:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T14:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2015-02-01T23:24:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T04:24:56","slug":"improve-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealth-online.com\/mentalhealth\/improve-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Improve Your Primary Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Year has just begun.\u00c2\u00a0 Let’s say that one of your New Years resolutions is to improve your primary love relationship.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a lofty goal which might encompass any number of different approaches.\u00c2\u00a0 What can you do — specifically — to follow through wi\"Happy<\/a>th this resolve?<\/p>\n

One of the most beneficial elements you can undertake to better your relationship is to improve communication<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Communication is essential to your relationship’s health and well-being.\u00c2\u00a0 Good communication can help deepen the intimacy and loving bonds in your relationship.<\/p>\n

To improve communication with your partner, you might choose to do 1 thing each day to better communicate with your partner.<\/p>\n

What might you choose to do?<\/p>\n

The five key components of good communication are —
\n1) Stay calm<\/a> and objective;
\n2) Listen and understand;
\n3) Be honest about who you are and what you want;
\n4) Compromise; and
\n5) Make and keep agreements<\/p>\n

Let’s say you decide to focus on your listening skills. To do so, you might —
\n* schedule time with your partner
\n* encourage your partner to talk about his\/her feelings
\n* ask questions that stimulate more discussion and information
\n* reflect back to your partner what you understand him\/her to say
\n* thank you partner for sharing these ideas and this time with you<\/p>\n

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