8 Empowering Marriage Goals To Work On Together
Quality one-on-one time with your spouse
This is a must as it helps couples maintain connectedness, intimacy, empathy, a feeling of security and inner peace. It should be fun and preferably novel, without real world or digital distractions, and can be spent at home, in the park, doing a fun activity, going for a meal, going for a coffee, exploring somewhere new, and so on. Let your imagination help you.
Suggested dose: once a week, minimum.
Demonstrating appreciation
Small, frequent tokens of appreciation are vital and whilst some research suggests that appreciation may be one of the main reasons marriages last a lifetime, common sense would suggest so, too. We can show our genuine appreciation over anything they do for us or bring to our lives, physically or psychologically. Someone choosing to spend their life with you is no mean gesture.
Suggested dose: three times daily, minimum.
Frequent emotional intimacy
Spend at least 15-30 minutes daily, connecting emotionally, listening, sharing, supporting, laughing. We rarely have emotional intimacy with anyone the way we do with our spouse so appreciate it and nurture it, daily.
Suggested dose: once a day, minimum.
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