Relationship Tips for 2020 – Part 5
- October 14, 2020
Relationship Tips for 2020 – Part 5
Blog post by Jenn Baker, GSCI at Agape Therapy Institute
Welcome to the fifth and final installment of Relationship Tips for 2020. If you have the time, please check out Parts 1 through 4 for tips on acknowledging your partner, taking time for yourself, connecting with friends and family, and communicating more effectively.
I’d like to follow up on last week’s relationship tips and have you check in with yourself. Did you have a chance to think about the ways in which you communicate in your relationship? Were you able to try out the dedicated listening or speaking tips from last week? How did it go? It takes time to become comfortable communicating and relating in new ways. Please be patient and kind to yourself as you try out these new skills. If you’ve struggled with this, know that you are taking the first step toward improving your relationship just by reading these tips and focusing on yourself and your relationship.
Since some of these tips are more challenging than others, I decided to save my favorite tip for last.
This week I’d like you to focus on:
Having Fun Together!
Most importantly, make sure that you schedule time for you as a couple to have fun together. Set aside this precious time each and every week to play and connect. Focus on the things that you love to do together. If necessary, find creative ways to modify and adapt these experiences at home or outside.
A few ideas include:
- Plan a romantic date night
- Play games together
- Re-enact your first date
- Spend time learning new things about each other
- Cook a meal together
- Cook a meal together
- Make lists of places you want to go together and things you want to do together
- Go for a bike ride or walk outside
- Give each other massages
- Volunteer in your community
- Read to each other
- Redecorate e or fix up your home
I hope that you have enjoyed learning about ways to foster joy and connection in your relationships.
Be well within!
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