Pursue Your Partner at Every Stage of Marriage:

💖Never stop dating your spouse

Healthy marriages require us to put in this intentional effort and to pursue one another on a continual basis.

📌Myth: Marriage is a destination

Whether you are a newlywed or have been married 40 years there is immense value in creating and continuing practices that support the ongoing health and connection of your relationship.

Marriage is not a destination. “Happily ever after is not by chance. It’s by choice.” It takes work.

📌Love should always feel organic in marriage

While love (the noun) may initially bring two people together, it is love ( the verb) that makes it last.

Love is a choice that you make every morning when you wake up. It’s the decision to chose to cherish your partner especially when you don’t feel like it. It’s in these times that your partner most likely needs your love.

Like all couples, sometimes we may not feel the connection or attunement but nevertheless chose to be there for one another.

Marriage is a lifetime of a ‘work in progress’ it’s never done. You have signed up for a lifetime commitment of pursuing and practicing the art of loving one another. Invest in your relationship by learning research based skills and tools to help navigate every stage of your marriage to achieve all the very best it has to offer you.

📌Myth: Courtship is only for the early years

It’s so normal for couples to indicate they have grown apart and fallen out of love. Life just got busy and suddenly it feels like they’re just living with a roommate. It’s understandable how this tends to happen and yet it doesn’t have to be this way.

Find ways to court and pursue your partner daily. Take time to remember how your partner likes to feel loved.

Experiment and explore new ways. It’s in these small moments of connection that our couple relationships tend to flourish.

It doesn’t matter how old you are or how long you’ve been married. It always feels good to have your partner pursue you😍

Relationship Education is a lifelong journey. Every stage of our marital journey is different with various amounts of joys and challenges. Learn the best ways possible to enjoy the journey 😊

Cynthia Nathan, Relationship Counselor and Marriage Relationship Educator is a Gottman Trained Therapist, Emotionally Focused Trained Therapist and a Milan Systemic Trained Therapist dedicated to marriage building work and saving marriages💕

Feel free to give her a call or text for more information on 0404488238, email 3R counselling@gmail.com or check out website www.3Rcounselling.com.au & facebook.com/3rcounselling/