Intimacy in Your Relationships

To start your week right, here are quotes on love to inspire you and strengthen intimacy in your relationship. Enjoy!

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. – Barbara De Angelis

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. – Oscar Wilde

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver. – Barbara De Angelis

At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

What does love mean to you?  It’s important to know what love means to you to be able to focus on what you do want in a relationship, so you can build a stronger and deeper relationship.

Open communication is one of the major factors in having a successful relationship.  But how do you successfully communicate with your partner?

We would like to share with you an article below on some of the effective communication tips to improve intimacy in your relationship:

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How to Solve Communication Problems in a Relationship

By Joshua Uebergang

In a relationship, a lot of problems can arise. Everything from incompatibility issues to money to infidelity, being in a relationship can often seem as though you attempting to cross a minefield blindfolded. One of the potentially worst problems that can arise in relationship is poor communication.

Learning to solve communication problems in a relationship is like purchasing insurance against future disaster in any of the other myriad ways a relationship can go wrong. Here is a simple guide to solving communication problems in a relationship.

STOP LOOKING FOR RIGHT AND WRONG

Often, in any fight or disagreement you may have with your partner, it is easy to give in to the temptation to try to be “right” and thus cast your partner as “wrong.” Unfortunately, this type of thinking leads to a complete inability to communicate as your partner then views you as “wrong” and they as “right.” Instead, eschew this dichotomy altogether and put your focus away from blame and toward equitable resolution.

HEAR WHAT YOUR PARTNER IS TRYING TO SAY

One of the biggest problems in any type of communication is the inability or unwillingness of one person not listening to the other, and this is doubly so for marriage relationships. Communication is simply not possible if you or your partner is unable to listen and process what the other is saying. But this can also be a simple fix, as it merely takes effort and focus to do so.

DON’T MANIPULATE OR DECEIVE

Don’t use your words to manipulate your partner, or to deceive them, as this not only prevents genuine relationship communication, it leads to major problem with trust over time. Remember, be as straightforward as possible when trying to communicate with your partner, and do not view it as a method to keep them under your thumb to get what you want.

AVOID SUBTEXT

Along the lines of the previous point, the importance of being straightforward must be reiterated. Say what you mean, and mean what you say is crucial to effectively communicate in relationships (in any meaningful way). Avoid making your partner “read between the lines” of what you are saying to try to figure out what you mean. Your partner isn’t a detective, don’t treat them like one. Be as open and honest with your meaning and intentions as you possibly can, and you will soon have no communication problems in your relationship.

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Keeping the intimacy in your relationship is important to make your marriage successful.  Intimacy between you and your partner helps reinforce a stronger bond between a couple.

Here’s a great video discussing the importance of intimacy in marriage.  Enjoy!

The Importance Of Intimacy In Marriage

After appearing on the Racheal Ray Show (which can be seen over at www.womenlivingwell-courtney.blogspot.com) I received a lot of emails with questions regarding this topic. Hopefully, this answers a few of them for you!

Aside from love, what are the other key factors in a successful and happy relationship?  The article below discusses the 4 important Cs in keeping intimacy in your relationship: communication, compatibility, chemistry, and closeness.  Enjoy!

Get the Life You Deserve: The 4 Cs of Relationships

Compatibility: World renowned Dr. Barbara De Angelis points out that “Love is not enough to make a relationship work. It needs compatibility and it needs commitment.” She advises to look for six lasting inner strengths in a partner: …

To start your week, here is a collection of love quotes to inspire you. Improve the intimacy in your relationships by sharing these moving quotes with your partner.

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All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different. – John Berger

Marriage is that relation between man and woman in which the independence is equal, the dependence mutual, and the obligation reciprocal. – Louis K. Anspacher

The goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together. – Robert C. Dodds

Happy marriages begin when we marry the ones we love, and they blossom when we love the ones we marry. - Tom Mullen

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing. – Goethe

They say that compatibility is important to make a relationship work.  However, being able to adjust to your partner’s flaws is the key to a healthy and loving relationship.

We hope this picture will inspire you in keeping the intimacy in your relationship strong. Enjoy!

Conflicts are normal in every relationship, however, dealing with them is another issue altogether. One way to keep intimacy in your relationship is to never let your disagreements be the center of your relationship.  Learn how to negotiate and empathize.

Here’s a great video on the two keys in keeping your marriage successful.  Enjoy!

Two Keys To A Great Relationship

Relationship advice on how to have the relationship you want. You can put these two keys to work in your relationship today to enhance your love relationship.

What are the barriers to intimacy in your marriage? One of the most important things to keep in mind why barriers exist is that a couple might have yet to identify what their values are, and what are the most important things to them. Once they are able to identify these values, it would be easier to see their relationship in a positive light.

We would like to share to you a great article on some of the barriers to marriage intimacy, and how to resolve them.

Barriers to intimacy | Counselling Marriage

Barriers To Intimacy Lack of Self-Knowledge The deeper we know our self the more fully we can be present with others and consciously share our experience. The.

Couples who are inspired find it easier to keep the intimacy in their relationship strong.  To find your inspiration, here are some lovely quotes to share with your partner:

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Chains do not hold a marriage together.  It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years. ~Simone Signoret

A long marriage is two people trying to dance a duet and two solos at the same time. ~Anne Taylor Fleming

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce.  The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. ~Robert Anderson, Solitaire & Double Solitaire

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation.  It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come without your seeing them; or rather there is one face which you can still see the same, through all the shadows which years have gathered upon it. ~George MacDonald