Maintaining a healthy relationship isn't always easy, but if you want to learn how to do it, that's great!
No matter what the fairy tales and movies tell you, living a happy life from now on is not as easy as it seems. In order to maintain a healthy relationship, it is important to do the work.
The work can be challenging at times, but the results are worth it.
Everyone wants to love and be loved, and in order to keep the relationship healthy, paying attention to the things that need attention is key.
Here are 5 safeguard strategies for maintaining a healthy relationship.
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A good foundation is important for every structure, especially for a relationship. The habits you develop at the beginning of a relationship will take you into the future.
In fact, if there's something you wish will change as your relationship evolves, forget about it.
As we get older, we become more and more like our old selves.
What are the important parts of a good foundation?
At the most basic level, trust is essential to every relationship. If you don't believe your partner will be honest with you, be there for you when you need them, and know they'll always think about you, then you'd better be alone.
If you can't trust your partner, who else can you trust?
Another key part of a good relationship is honesty. Have you ever lied to someone because you wanted to protect him? Have you ever said to yourself that a small white lie is not a big deal? Well, you're wrong.
If you want to keep your healthy relationship healthy, be honest. Whether big or small, lies can break the foundation of even the best relationships.
So, lay a good foundation for your relationship. In the future, you will have to do this.
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In a relationship, there's nothing worse than respect disappearing. When respect disappears, it is replaced by contempt, and when there is contempt, no relationship can survive.
If you spend time with any couple who has been together for a while, you'll see what I mean. It is very obvious that one person's habits have made another person intolerable.
My ex used to come home late from work. At first, I begged him to come home in time for dinner. He tried, but most of them couldn't. I became more and more depressed and began to lose respect for him.
I eventually stopped begging him and finally started telling him that he was making himself irrelevant and that we didn't need him to go home for dinner.
Does that make him feel good? You should have noticed that he was my ex-husband.
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Sex is an essential part of any healthy relationship. It's important for every couple to maintain a certain amount of intimacy and stay in touch.
Sex between husband and wife is a very important point, and it works for both people in the relationship.
If he wants to have 5 sexes a week and she doesn't want to do it more, he has to compromise so that you can both be satisfied.
If there is no compromise, misfortune can happen. She may feel dissatisfied if she has sex with him more than she might have liked, because she may feel compelled to do so. If they only have sex once a week, he may be upset because of it.
So, have a discussion with your partner. Make sure both of you are happy with the quantity and quality of sex you share.
It could be the glue that binds you together.
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It is important that neither partner in a relationship is completely dependent on the other for happiness.
I have a client whose entire life revolves around her husband.
She got up with him, made him breakfast, sent him to work, cleaned the house after he was gone, brought him lunch at work, cooked dinner for him home, and looked at what he wanted to see every night.
She turned her back on everyone in her life in order to make her husband happy. She told herself that she was happy because he was happy, but in fact, she was not happy. That's why she talks to me!
Make sure that when you're in love, there's a lot more to your life than just being in love. Make sure you have a job or hobby that you love.
Make sure you have friends who can play together. Make sure you have enough time to be alone so you feel comfortable.
If you rely entirely on your partner for your own happiness, you will only put yourself on the path of failure. Separating and then coming together to share is a key part of maintaining a healthy relationship.
So, call a friend to make an appointment to have dinner and watch a movie together. Your partner will be fine and he will be happy to see you when you come back.
Remember, absences can make people fall in love.
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Did you know that while you may feel like what you're doing for your partner is to make them feel loved, those things may not actually work.
Shocked, I know!
Expressing love seems simple, doesn't it? Well, that's not the case.
It seems that most of us express love in a way that we want to be loved, not the way our partner wants to be loved.
We may feel loved when we use a piece of jewelry to express love, but our partner may feel loved in a way that spends the whole day together, just the two of you.
When we get a hug, we may feel loved, but our partner may feel loved because we help with the trash.
The key is to understand what your partner needs to feel loved. When you learn what that is and use these behaviors to express your love, your partner will truly feel loved.
Gary Chapman's book The Five Languages of Love tells us about the five languages of love, so there are five ways to express love to your partner. And when you use your partner's love language, they will feel loved.
Learning as much as you can about how to maintain a healthy relationship is key to doing just that.
Of course, once you have what you need, it's important to take actions that will only promote the health of your relationship.
Don't wait until things get worse before taking action. While everything is okay, do it now!
Create a good foundation, respect each other, make sure you have a mutually satisfying sex life, make sure you keep your own life, and make each other feel loved.
If you can do that, then you can get the happiness you've been chasing!
You can do it!