Renew & Revitalize Your Marriage for 2017: Tips to Improve the Health of Your Relationship from Bethesda’s Couples Counseling Experts

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Renew your marriage in 2016. | Bethesda Couples CounselingWith the stress of work, family and children it can be easy to allow your marriage to slip to the bottom of your priority list. Don’t let it. As you’re recommitting yourself to personal, mental, and emotional growth this year, recommit yourself to your marriage. Sit down with your spouse for a heart-to-heart discussion, and set some resolutions to:

Revitalize your marriage in the New Year.

No matter if your marriage is on track or headed a little off course, taking the time to revisit and reaffirm your shared goals and your collective identity as a married couple is crucial to your overall health and happiness.

Wondering just how you can give your marriage the boost it deserves?

Consider these tips — New Year’s resolutions if you will — to keep and improve the health of your marriage from the Bethesda MD couples counseling experts.

Make time for each other.

Life is busy. Work. School functions with the kids. Hair Salon appointments. Family obligations. Sports practices. Club meetings. I could go on. In the flurry of all that which fills up your calendar, there’s one thing missing: Date night back. No matter how tired you are at the end of each long week, give your spouse and your marriage a few moments of your undivided attention.

Fight fair.

Most married couples fight, and it might be surprising to hear that the key to a happy, successful marriage in Bethesda MD is not to avoid fighting entirely, but to fight fair. Take the fresh start each new year brings to set new rules about how you’ll approach disagreements. Remember that you deserve to have your feelings respected and heard, but that your spouse deserves the same in return.

Express your feelings and your appreciation for your spouse.

We all have roles to serve. They become habitual and routine, and you’ve come to expect that he’ll cook dinner; you’ll do the vacuuming. Instead of just assuming that this is the norm and will continue as such, take the time to say thank you. Using words of appreciation seems like such a simple thing to do, but it slips away in many marriages. Make a resolution together to appreciate the little things you do for each other.

Consider couples counseling in Bethesda MD.

To maintain and enjoy a successful marriage requires love, of course, but also a lot of hard work and a lot of commitment. No matter what has happened before, each new day — each new year is a new chance to love your partner and recommit to your lives together. This could mean simply instituting a monthly date night, a well-timed thank you. Or it might mean a little more; it might mean seeking out the advice and emotional support of a trained Bethesda couples counselor.

Learn more about Bethesda Couples Counseling and how it can help improve your marriage in this new year, and every one to come.

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