A beautiful and happy marriage is a unique cocktail of love, compassion, understanding, hard work, honesty and open communication. The opportunity to grow old with your spouse, overcome the challenges of life and share memorable moments together can be the greatest gift ever. However, a marriage can test your love and patience and help you discover a new dimension in life.
How you, as a couple, face these obstacles will determine whether your relationship crumbles or becomes stronger. But once you have divorce-proofed your marriage, it can lead to a happy and fulfilling life. It is an enchanting way to share your life with the person you love and find meaning.
Read interesting blogs and articles on relationships and marriage that matter most at The Minds Journal.
Gottman’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse model covers negative communication patterns in relationships, such as criticism & contempt, defensiveness & stonewalling.
If we could transcend beyond the limits of an ethnocentric approach and develop cultural empathy, we’ll be much better equipped to manage marriage as well as divorce.
“All self-sabotage, lack of belief in ourselves, low self-esteem, judgments, criticism and demands for perfection are forms of self-abuse in which we destroy the very essence of our vitality” – Deborah Adele
