Accepting Healthy Relationships
I wanted to build this blog as a way to document and invite discussion about forming healthy relationships, cultivating a balanced marriage, and promoting a supportive family dynamic. Before any of this can happen, it is important to have a sense of self. Learning to be in a relationship with yourself allows you to explore your wants and needs, increase self-efficacy, and grant yourself more mercy. We can learn to accept ourselves in whatever stage we are in, while acknowledging progression and self-improvement are life long endeavors. When we are able to understand this, we are better equipped to be one half of a healthy relationship. Dr. John Van Epp, author of the highly popular novel, How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk , claims "without a plan for building safe relationships and determining the true character of the partner you picked, you can easily find your emotional immune system compromised and your vulnerability to unhealthy relationships heightened." There a...