Welcome to Strengthen My Relationship
I want to take the time to thank you for reading my articles. Some are going to be my thoughts and opinions on topics related to relationships while others are shared experiences. I aspire to build a supportive community where we learn from our strengths and avoid pitfalls of our mistakes.
As a lay person who has some background in social work and a lot of personal experience, I hope to write articles and posts that speak to you. While I have read a lot of professional papers, studies, and related documents over my career let’s face it, they are not quite user friendly. Let’s talk real and in plain English.
Why did I create this community?
Well it’s pretty simple actually, in today’s modern fast paced microwave food instant gratification society it seems that a lot of people are looking for relationships to be similar. While I’m certainly not here to judge as I have been in this situation myself, society has really turned a very intimate act of sex into something that is transactional. The roles have been reversed so to speak and sex by in large seems to be coming first then the actual intimacy.
Being truly intimate with another person is the greatest feeling in the world. This is true if you are a man or a woman. Real intimacy is something that takes time and requires different levels of investments on both parties. I think we all can agree that this investment looks different at the different stages of the relationship, i.e. just friends, to dating, to committed/engaged, and finally to marriage. Regardless of which stage though if the intimacy isn’t worked on and watered like a flower it will likely wither. What do other people do to strengthen their relationship and intimacy and how can we replicate it?
Who is this for?
Married and Committed Couples. Granted there are a lot of dating websites out there. Find the man or woman of your dreams. Right? We all have heard it. How many sites are out there to support married couples. I also include couples in a committed relationship. After all we struggle with the same stressors. The advantage of the internet is that we have an opportunity for us to share our strengths and struggles. It’s best that we strengthen your relationship before it gets to a crisis, but even a crisis can be fixed.
Did you let your Ex get away? Ok, so I haven’t bought into the adage of they are your ex for a reason. While sometimes that is true, and other times we realize that after we leave the grass isn’t necessarily greener on the other side. Sometimes it’s greener but it may be fertilized with BS.
All the singles. Ok sorry if I got the all the single ladies tune stuck in your head. You have the wonderful opportunity to participate and develop a meaningful relationship from the get-go. Meaningful relationships to me include both men and women who want to be lovers to each other and not friends with benefits. I’m not here to sound judgmental but rather look to point out that we get out of a relationship what we put into it and what we demand of it. Also, that goes with saying what we demand from ourselves.
Conclusion:
Welcome to the blog and to the community. Please feel free to comment or send me an email. I understand that the topic I’m writing about is very personal, so I wish to offer the option to you on how you chose to share. I use overarching themes to help research and write articles. I also team with other relationship coaches to bring good advice and direction.
