SIGNS OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP: If Your Relationship Is Like This, You’re Doing A Great Job!
In this episode we talk about positive signs that suggest you’re in a healthy relationship
We explore 10 hallmarks of healthy relationships & make some suggestions for putting them into practice
We compare dysfunctional relationships to the Star Trek mirror universe (like total nerds)
We reveal the single greatest factor that determines relationship satisfaction.
Some online resources for your benefit:
Signs of a healthy relationship, inlcuding dome of Prof Chris Leeth's quotes:
https://www.insider.com/healthy-relationships
40%/50% or marriages end in divorce
https://www.apa.org/topics/divorce-child-custody#:~:text=They%20are%20also%20good%20for,subsequent%20marriages%20is%20even%20higher.
Emily Jordan Jensen, PhD, https://ccaps.umn.edu/emily-jordan-jensen a licensed marriage and family therapist and professor of behavioral health at the University of Minnesota https://twin-cities.umn.edu/ says "Intimate relationships are all about finding a balance between 'I' and 'We',"
National Academy Of Sciences Studies link in the show description along with the there links) that partner appreciation is one of the key predictors of whether couples enjoy relationship satisfaction. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/32/19061
2019 study http://www.scielo.br/pdf/paideia/v29/1982-4327-paideia-29-e2919.pdf shows that problem solving together as a couple creates higher likelihood of relationship satisfaction.
A 2020 review https://www.pnas.org/content/117/32/19061 of 43 different studies discovered that the single greatest factor determining relationship satisfaction is the feeling that ones partner is committed to you & the relationship.
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