(This blog was originally posted on February 14, 2014)
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On Valentine’s Day, many couples around the world
spend the day celebrating their love and relationship. Some people will exchange
cards and love letters. Others will give their partner a box of chocolates and/or
a bouquet of flowers. And, certainly, no other day of the year is more romantic
to become engaged. In honor of June being a favorite month in which to get
married, I have decided to re-post this blog.
In
2005, I attended an eye-opening seminar at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute about the
keys to a healthy, intimate relationship based on the concepts of John Kappas,
Ph.D.’s Emotional and Physical Sexuality. In this seminar, instructor Marc
Gravelle identified the following seven qualities of a healthy relationship. Here are seven requisite traits of a successful relationship to help you evaluate whether you and your partner are truly ready to take your relationship
to this next level:
1. You
like each other. (This is the most important factor)
2. You
trust each other.
3. You
respect each other.
4. You
have good communication, where you can honestly share your thoughts and
feelings about an issue with the other person.
5. You
have good sex (each partner gets his or her needs met).
6. You
have similar interests.
7. You
have separate interests.
Notice
that the terms “love” and “in love” are not included in this list. That is
because romantic love is what you feel during the honeymoon or early stages of
a relationship. Yes, it is exciting, exhilarating and often intoxicating; but the
high level of energy required to sustain this stage of infatuation eventually wears
away. However, with these seven elements firmly in place, you can still enjoy
and appreciate all of these ingredients (qualities) about your partner that
first attracted you to each other, and your relationship will continue to
flourish.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in
2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®
and to set up an appointment, please
visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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