April 2021

Are you in a healthy relationship? Are you looking for one? Healthy relationships bring out the best in you. A healthy relationship does not mean a “perfect” relationship (that isn’t realistic), but healthy relationships, though not always easy, are tangible.

The signs below are behaviors we should strive for in all of our relationships. Check out these characteristics and behaviors of a healthy relationship.

Trust Is at the Core of the Relationship
The lack of trust can leave you unsure of whether you can even count on your partner, but trust can make you feel safe and secured, fostering an even stronger connection.

You Know Each Other’s Love Language
You’ve probably heard of the book called The 5 Love Languages by now. In it, you discover your partner’s “love language” — the way they prefer to give and receive love. In healthy relationships, individuals take time to learn each other’s “love language” so you can both express your love in a way that you understand and accept.

Mutual Respect
In healthy relationships, people show respect through treating each other in ways that don’t degrade, deprive, or belittle. They value each other’s time and opinions like they value their own and they protect each other’s privacy. These characteristics are shown regardless of whether they disagree or are upset with one another.

You Encourage Each Other to Go After Your Goals
A healthy relationship naturally brings out the best in you and you are encouraged to be the best you can be.

Individuality
While mutual interests are great, it’s important to still live your own life ( have friendships, professional goals, and hobbies that are aside from your partner). In a healthy relationship, there is adequate overlap to keep the connection strong, but each person has aspects of their lives that are theirs alone, and that boundary is respected by both parties.

Gratitude
Grateful couples are usually more satisfied in their relationships and feel closer to each other. Relationships can fail when partners begin to take each other for granted. In a research done by the national library of medicine, it was found that the reported feelings of gratitude (of participants) towards a romantic partner predicted who would stay in their relationships and who would break up nine months later. The more grateful participants were, the more likely they were to still be in their relationship.
Showing gratitude goes beyond saying “thank you” after your partner takes out the trash. Gratitude includes appreciating not just what your partner does, but who they are as a person. You’re not just thankful that your partner took out the trash—you’re thankful that you have a partner who is thoughtful enough to know you hate taking out the trash. Gratitude means thinking about all of your partner’s best traits (and even your not so favorite ones that challenge you to be better) and remembering why you entered a relationship.

Healthy Conflict Resolution
The way a couple argues — or doesn’t — can predict a lot about their relationship’s success. Healthy relationships refrain from stonewalling and escalating into personal attacks when there is a difference of opinion or a problem. They are able to talk it through with patience, respect, empathy, and understanding.

At CWC Coaching, our team consists of licensed therapists, life coaches, and counselors. We assist clients with self-improvement, career development, negative self-talk, psychological pain, self-sabotaging behavior, past hurts and finding your purpose. If you are ready to increase your self-awareness and happiness, breakthrough limiting behavior and understand your purpose in life, we’d love to help guide you on this journey.

Dance has always been a part of human culture. There are so many forms of dance that you can’t go wrong in doing it! Many of us enjoy dancing (whether in public or private), but did you know of all of the ways it could benefit us?

Physical
Dancing improves cardiovascular health. Professional ballroom dancer and certified personal trainer Leon Turetsky says that all styles of dance make for great cardio workouts since your heart rate gets challenged from executing the different moves.
Dancing incorporates movements on all planes of motion (sagittal, frontal and transverse) and from all directions, which can improve balance and strength.

Mental
Dancing can maintain and even boost your ability to think as you age because the areas of the brain that control memory and skills, such as planning and organizing, improve with exercise like dance.
Your brain is constantly being exercised while you’re dancing because you’re required to focus on both the constant changing of movement and remembering the moves. Dancing challenges your brain.

Mood Booster/Combats stress
Dancing helps improve your mental and emotional health by raising endorphin levels, which results in reduced stress and decreased symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Dancing also boosts self-esteem. It makes you more comfortable in your own skin, which builds confidence.

Self-expression
Unfortunately, many people have jobs that make it challenging to show their creativity and self-expression. Dance can be a creative outlet that expresses inner feelings, thoughts and experiences.
Dancing makes life more fun. It doesn’t matter what type of dance you enjoy, as long as you are moving to the beat, your body and mind benefit.

At CWC Coaching, our team consists of licensed therapists, life coaches, and counselors. We assist clients with self-improvement, career development, negative self-talk, psychological pain, self-sabotaging behavior, past hurts and finding your purpose. If you are ready to increase your self-awareness and happiness, breakthrough limiting behavior and understand your purpose in life, we’d love to help guide you on this journey.

Letting go of the pain that someone caused you is not always easy, but it is possible. Many people seek to hurt the person that caused them pain, but that won’t make th

Letting go of the pain that someone caused you is not always easy, but it is possible. Many people seek to hurt the person that caused them pain, but that won’t make the pain won’t go away.

Identify your reason for not wanting to forgive. Ask yourself why it’s so hard to forgive that person.

The fear of disappointment can hinder us from forgiving and becoming vulnerable again, but keep in mind that if you choose to never again trust the other person, the relationship could be stagnant and eventually end.
If you are working to rebuild trust, remain open and honest about your needs, expectations, and feelings of doubt.

When you are hurt, you have a right to feel angry, but remember that holding on to negative emotions long term can withhold your happiness and your ability to reason.
Holding on to grudges can be another tactic to hurt someone the way they hurt you, but grudges can hurt you just as much-especially if you’re connected to the other person.

Choosing to stay in the relationship doesn’t mean you’ve forgiven them and forgiving them doesn’t mean you have to stay. Whatever you decide, let it be the best choice for you- and remember to let it go…because forgiveness is essential for your happiness. Forgive and release yourself from the rage and pain. Not just for your loved ones, but also for you.

At CWC Coaching, our team consists of licensed therapists, life coaches, and counselors. We assist clients with self-improvement, career development, negative self-talk, psychological pain, self-sabotaging behavior, past hurts and finding your purpose. If you are ready to increase your self-awareness and happiness, breakthrough limiting behavior and understand your purpose in life, we’d love to help guide you on this journey.