In our everyday lives, building healthy relationships with our partners, friends and family is good for us. This helps us to live a life full of happiness, peace and satisfaction. However, as beautiful as healthy relationships is, it's easier said than done. This is because healthy relationships don't just happen, it takes time to build and needs work to keep them healthy. What are the things you can put in place to build and maintain a healthy relationships with others? Here are 6 top tips to support you with yours.

1. Make the relationship a priority: Making your relationship with others of utmost importance is key in building healthy relationships. It's understandable that balancing work, relationships and life as a whole can be tasking but learning how to balance everything together and creating time for your relationships will help you live a happier life. 

2. Put in the work: Healthy relationships are not found but built. You must be willing to put in positive efforts to make it work out. A healthy relationships needs willingness and commitment to be accommodating to each other's needs. 

3. Talk and listen: There's no relationship that disagreement doesn't happen. However when it does happen, the healthy thing to do is to talk to each other. Listen to understand, rather than listening to respond or prove the other party wrong. No matter what, don't hold grudges. Let love lead. 

4. Check up on each other as often as possible: To build and maintain healthy relationships, communicating well is key. Make sure you reach out to others as much as you can. Don't let it be a disturbance but a reasonable checking in. Everyone loves to know that they matter to others especially their loved ones. 

5. Create healthy boundaries: Boundaries are not meant to make you feel trap but to help you maintain respect and understand expectations in your relationships. If something makes you feel uncomfortable, bring it up and discuss how things needs to change and how each of you will make changes. For example, you might want to create social boundaries (having just one night in a week designated to friends or activities). In creating boundaries, make sure you're not controlling others or being controlled by others. Note that the main reason for creating boundaries is to respect each other and find compromises to make the relationship work well. 

6. Appreciate others: Appreciating others is a powerful relationship builder. It goes a long way. Look for that thing your partner/friend/family has done for you and say a "thank you." Don't take joy in finding faults. You can write a text expressing just how much you appreciate them or send them a "thank you" card. Make an effort to show your appreciation always. 

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP?

Here are 10 signs to look out for in a healthy relationship:

1. Mutual respect

2. Mutual trust

3. Mutual understanding 

4. Good and effective communication

5. Kind to one another

6. Support each other's growth

7. Make decisions together

8. Support and care for each other.

9. Honesty

10. Emotional support 

BENEFITS OF HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

When you have a healthy relationship you are happy and satisfied with your life. It can:

✓ Increase your sense of worth and belonging. You feel less alone. 

✓ Gives you confidence

✓ Build your self esteem better

✓ Support you to try out new things and learn more about yourself 

CONCLUSION 

As earlier said, healthy relationships takes time to build and needs work to keep them healthy. It is good to know that no relationship is perfect but it is important that the relationship you have with others brings you more happiness and peace than stress. The more positive efforts you put into your relationships, the more healthier it will be. 

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