Participation and patience are some of what make and ensure a healthy love relationship between two individuals. It is realizing this and paying attention to some other aspects that help construct a healthy love relationship between individuals. A healthy love relationship is characterized by certain essential components which are crucial for sustainability and play a key role in providing a firm foundation for the relationship. Regardless of the relationship, be it friendship or romance or relationships within a family, the elements of trust, respect, sharing and understanding of each other’s emotions play a decisive role in shaping a relationship.
No doubt your holiday season is in full swing! Unless you are a rare creature, you’ve probably already had more than one moment where you’ve felt frazzled and frenzied. Even for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, the general festivities can suck you in if you’re not careful.
Jan Lundy, our Spirit and Self editor, has given us some excellent tools here to fight that feeling of being swept up in an overpowering force. So, take heart! It IS possible to get through the next few weeks without collapsing in sheer exhaustion!
Ho Ho Ho….. Oh, the holiday season. It’s good spending time with family and friends but all of the festivities and wonderful food can make healthy eating a challenge. We tend to put on half of our annual weight gain between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. In fact, the average American typically gains between one and five pounds during these months. Though it’s only a few pounds, if it happens year after year, it can add up. The holidays are a time for spending much needed fellowship with our friends and family and It often happens that when hosting a holiday get together that you spend more time getting the feast on the table and cleaning up than actually spending with your loved ones. Isn’t this the whole reason you hosted Christmas anyway, right?