5 Quick Tips for Rescuing Love Relationships - Even IfYou're Afraid You Made The Wrong ChoiceCopyright 2003 Meredith E. Reid, Ph.D.More and more couples are seeking therapy, joining supportgroups, or reading self-help books to enrich theirrelationships, and bring back the passion.But many couples are afraid. Afraid of finding outsomething they don't want to know about themselves or theirpartner, afraid of upsetting the apple cart in a goodrelationship, or worst, finding out they made the wrongchoice.Here are 5 quick tips to help you quickly, and safelyimprove love relationships:1. Know your LoveStyle.A LoveStyle is your unique style of loving in closerelationships. It determines who you will choose to love,what specific needs or preferences you have for love, andhow you will express love in an ongoing relationship.2. Exploit the strengths of your LoveStyle.Do not waste time, and energy on people who do not admireyour strengths. Focus on your strengths, and attract thelove you want.3. Accept, and work with the inherent "flaws" of yourLoveStyle.Do not hide or try to pass off these difficulties in loverelationships with rationalizations such as "When I find theright person to love, or when I feel more love from myspouse, my problems will disappear."Openly, joyfully, and specifically communicate every aspectof your authentic LoveStyle to your partner, and be verycurious about his or her LoveStyle.4. Do not hide who you are and what you want for the sakeof a "better" or "smooth" relationship.
The vast majority of good love matches depend on at leastsome differences in the couple relationship to maintain goodlong-term emotional and sexual intimacy.5. Understand exactly how your partner expresses love.You may be missing out on feeling loved, or you may beunable to find your ideal partner because you aremisinterpreting the style of love that is communicated toyou.Copyright 2003 Dr. Meredith Ellen Reid, author ofLoveStyles, offers simple, proven tips to make relationshipswork - even if you think your situation is hopeless!Discover your LoveStyle at http://lovestylesonline.com------------------ End of Article ------------------To get regular updates of other articles by Dr. Reid, signup at http://publicitycoach.com-------------Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.481 / Virus Database: 277 - Release Date: 5/13/2003[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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