What are the expectations to be found in a healthy relationship?
A healthy relationship is one based on mutual care and friendship. In the day-to-day, that means appreciating each other’s strengths and weaknesses and using them to learn from each other and build what a partnership means to you. Conflict isn’t avoided, but it is transformed into a sharing of opinions to explore how to merge those opinions to discover an even more fulfilling way forward.
It’s also about doing small acts of love for each other throughout the week to remind yourselves that you are there for each other. To ensure these things are happening and avoid mindreading, many couples plan check-in get-togethers every week, whether over lunch or dinner. The aim is to connect and communicate to keep learning about each other and to share how they feel. The ground rule is to stay away from blame and focus on one’s feelings and needs to find a mutual overlap.