A healthy relationship leads to an increase in happiness in one’s life, improves health, and reduces stress. Study says that people having healthy relationship have less stress. Though every relationship is distinct there are some basic ways to make relationship healthier. This can be applied to all kinds of relationships such as friendship, work, family relationships, and romantic partners.
Keep Realistic Expectations
Sometimes we expect a lot from the opposite person which may not be realistic. Healthy relations mean accepting people the way they are and not trying to change them according to your perspective. No one can be as perfect as we want them to be.
Communicate with Each Other
Communication is one of the essential factors for maintaining a healthy relationship. Give appropriate time to an individual that matters to you whether that is a friend, family, or your partner. Listen to the person genuinely. Don’t try to interrupt in between when they are making their point. Try to listen and understand their perspective and then try to put your words. Show them that you are interested in them; ask them a question about their day, opinions, feelings, experiences, etc. Studies also say that sharing information also proves to be beneficial for good relations. Let people know who you are, but don’t share too much personal information too soon. Give it time. Try to communicate openly and honestly.
Learn to Give and Take in Your Relationship
Healthy relationships are built on little compromises. If you expect to get 100% of what you want from a relationship, you are going to set yourself up for disappointment. However, it takes both the person to make sure there is a reasonable exchange. It takes both the person to maintain a healthy relationship, only one cannot maintain good relation.
Recognize What’s Essential to Your Partner
Knowing what is truly important to your partner and what matters to them can go a long way towards building goodness and an atmosphere of compromise. On the other hand, it’s also important for your partner to recognize your wants and for you to state them clearly. Constantly giving to the opposite person at the expense of your own needs will only build bitterness and anger.
Learn How to Resolve Conflict Respectively
Conflict is unavoidable in any relationship. All people in relationships go through ups and downs. To maintain a strong relationship, both people need to feel they have been heard. Your goal should not always be to win but to maintain and strengthen the relationship.
Make sure you are fighting fairly, keeping the focus on the recent issue, and not digging other issues from the past. Don’t argue unnecessarily over the things that cannot be changed. Respect the other person and don’t attack them directly. Try to understand their perspective too, over the issue. Also, the important thing is, resolving conflict is impossible if you are unwilling or unable to forgive others.
Be Open to Change
Change is inevitable in everyone’s life. It’s up to you whether you go with it or fight it. If you are flexible to adapt to the change that is taking place in the relationship, it will allow you to grow together through bad and good times. Don’t ever try to force a solution to any of the conflicts. Remember every person works through problems and issues in their way. Always remember you are a team and continue to move forward together will get you through the rough spots.
Reach out together, if you need outside help for your relationship
There comes one point in a relationship where it seems too complex and becomes difficult for you to handle as a couple. At this point, you can talk together to your trusted friends, family, or religious figure to sort it out.
