Lana Reid
Relationship Thoughts: Practice Empathy
👉❤️ One key element to success in a relationship is having compassion and understanding for your partner. To have the ability to step outside yourself and your feelings and look at things from their point of view is vital to ensuring your partner feels connected to you. Pay attention to your significant other’s body language, tone of voice, listen to their words. Make sure you push the pause button on Read More
Relationship Thoughts: Help Each Other Conquer Fears
👉❤️ The joy of having a partner is walking hand in hand with them along their journey as they become the best version of themselves. Along the way, some of their growth will require them to push past their doubts and fears. Maybe they think they are too old to go back to school or maybe they are terrified of driving in city traffic. Be there to encourage your partner Read More
Relationship Thoughts: Spice it Up
👉❤️ Buy the game Twister and play it together on a Saturday night alone. Meet up on a lunch break during the workday for a few kisses… or more. Mix things up a little bit and keep that relationship spark alive!
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: Ask the Right Questions in the Dating Process
👉❤️ What are your views on parenting? Do you plan on staying at your current job for the next five years? Are you close to your family? Ask these kinds of questions instead of trying to figure out what type of car that they drive. You are looking for someone who has a mindset to build long term with you, not a person who just provides immediate superficial gratification.
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: Be Playful
👉❤️ Life is serious enough on its own so make sure you and your significant other take time to bring joy and laughter to each other. Text them a corny joke or have a pillow fight in the bedroom. Bring a smile to their face from time to time… it makes the daily life battles a little easier to bear.
Read MoreRelationship Thoughts: Understand Where They Came From, But Don’t Use It As An Excuse
👉❤️ We all have a past. Some high points and some low points. Maybe it’s a string of abusive relationships or an unhealthy childhood environment. When you get a partner who has seen more bad days than good days, if you truly love them then you settle in for a process that requires patience. At the same time, while you are offering them understanding support that does not mean that Read More
Relationship Thoughts: Study Your Partner. Learn Your Partner
👉❤️ Do they like two sugars in their coffee? Do they always walk in the door after work and look through the mail? On Saturdays, do they always have this one particular pair of jeans that they always throw on? Pay attention to your partner’s little subtleties. Just like you want to be “known and understood… they do too!”
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