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.
Don’t most of us think men can be frustrating creatures? We have to nag them to get them to do stuff, they are like deer in the headlights when we want to ‘talk’, and they are seemingly oblivious to all the stuff around the house that needs to be done! How is that possible?? Hmmph! And they think WE are mysterious.
Well, Gigi Sage, our resident Man Whisperer, knows a lot about what makes men tick. And a lot of it seems counterintuitive at first glance. But, I assure you it’s not. She just believes that men and women have different natures and the secret to having the relationship you want is understanding male nature and letting it work for you.
A friend repeated to me the other day a saying that has particular application to families and the holidays: ‘You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can’t pick your family’. So true. What is it about the holidays that can cause so much stress and strain at a time of the year when we should be celebrating with the special people in our lives?
In this handy article, Dr. Pam Monday, the Relationship Repair expert, shares some ingenious ways to handle some of the trying dynamics that take place when holidays, families and dysfunction collide.