Tips on how to build a healthy relationship with your partner

Piece by: KEZIAH GITAU

10 February 2022

• Lies and keeping secrets weakens the bond and once trust is broken, it's hard to recover it.

Love is a beautiful thing and everyone should get to experience its beauty.

For you to build a healthy relationship with someone, you must work on yourself first and do away with those traits that might damage your relationship.

Actions speak louder than words and by practicing the following, your relationship will get to be stronger, healthier, and happier than ever.

Cultivate Trust

The foundation of a strong healthy relationship is based on mutual trust among partners.

Trust is best demonstrated by accepting each other's words and if your partner has ever given you a reason to doubt them, always give them the benefit of doubt.

Lies and keeping secrets weakens the bond and once trust is broken, it's hard to recover it.

Embrace each other's differences

Everyone is unique in their own way and loving a person for who they are is the sweetest way to create a strong healthy bond.

Expecting our partners to behave in a certain way will only hurt your feelings and make the relationship hard for both of you.

It's our differences that make the relationship spicy and more interesting.

Physical intimacy

Spicing up your relationship is key to keeping that fire burning and physical touch is fundamental to human existence.

There are different ways to show love to our partner and sex shouldn't be the only sign of physical intimacy.

A long warm hug, fuzzy kisses, holding hands are equally as important.

Solve problems as a team

Relationships should be all about working together and solving issues together. As they say, a problem shared is a problem half solved and that two heads are better than one. Ensure that you let your partner know of your woes and let them help wherever they can.

Open communication

Speak your thoughts and let your partner know how you feel in regard to your relationship as a whole.

Honesty is the best policy and making your partners feel comfortable enough to speak about anything is a good sign of a healthy relationship.

Disagree at times

A relationship can only be true if you disagree about certain things because we all have a certain way we perceive things and we can not always agree on everything.

There is no perfect relationship and at times it's good to see how your partner reacts whenever they are in a bad mood.

Invest quality time with your partner

Create quality time with your partner and make the most out of your time spent together.

It is sad how social media has taken over, making people opt to use them to communicate instead of meeting up and having a wonderful time together.

For some people, spending quality time together is their love language and the easiest way to melt their hearts is by devoting your quality time to them.

Affirmation

People have different ways of expressing and receiving love.

Being able to express your love through spoken words of praises and appreciation is an amazing way to make your partner feel special.

Always make sure that you compliment them as many times as you can, ensure you point out those things you love about them often, and constantly remind them of how much they mean to you.

Also, encouraging and romantic words always does it all.

Support

Always be there for your partner as you would wish for them to be there for you always.Your better half should always be your number one priority as they come first and their happiness is also your happiness.

Whether it is emotional,physical or financial support they need,be there for them as their ride or die.

Compromise

Every partner needs to go out of their way for the growth and the well-being of your relationship. Learn how to go out of your way for the happiness of your partner because it is better to bend a little than to break it all.