Healthy relationships are not found but built. A healthy relationship needs commitment and willingness to be accommodating to each other’s needs. Setting boundaries is not only about what you don’t want or like in your relationships, but also about letting the people around you know what you appreciate. Think about and let others know where your boundaries are; respecting your time alone for example. Doing this can take the pressure off your relationship to commit to anything unrealistic. All relationships have disagreements and that’s ok. what matters is how you talk and listen to one another. Listen to understand, rather than listening to respond. Don’t be afraid to express your emotions or vulnerabilities with people you trust. A lot of life is about how we react to our experiences and encounters. Knowing that you can only really control what you do and not what anyone else does will save you time and stress. If you have a healthy way of expressing your feelings, you’re able to react to other people in a healthy way. Being angry with someone often comes from a place of feeling hurt and upset. if you can recognise that, you can communicate it, and build better relationships with others. Reflect on the relationships that work best in your life, what qualities do these relationships have, and how can you bring these qualities into other relationships? Take the time to appreciate yourself and get in touch with your emotions to be able to express yourself clearly and more effectively. Not knowing how to regulate your emotions and express them healthily can negatively affect your mental wellbeing. It’s normal for disagreements or betrayal to arise in relationships, but your choice about how to handle the hurt can have a powerful effect on the healing process. Choosing to forgive can bring about a variety of benefits, both physical and emotional. When you feel compassionate toward another person—whether a romantic partner, friend, relative, or colleague—you open the gates for better communication and a stronger bond. This doesn’t mean taking on the suffering of others, or absorbing their emotions. Rather, compassion is the practice of recognizing when someone else is unhappy or whose needs aren’t being met and feeling motivated to help them. We are an imitative species: when compassion is shown to us, we return it.
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