3 Things You Need For A Good Relationship

Relationships are difficult. The push, the pull, and the compromise. Most relationships have turbulent times, and the ones that last ride the rollercoaster of emotions that teach us the meaning of “death due us part,” especially when there are many days we want to kill our partner.

Today, Cheri Timko, a relationship coach, comes onto the Impactful Parent stage to teach parents 3 relationship habits that every couple needs to implement to have a good, long-lasting partnership.

Cheri Timko Bio: Cheri Timko helps women deepen their connection with their current partners to have the relationship they long for. She has been happily married for 20 years. She is a veteran psychotherapist and homeschool mom of three teenage daughters.

3 things you need for a good relationship

Interview summary: Cheri Timko speaks about the 3 relationship habits that strengthen partnerships.

1. Having good relationship habits
2. The ability to work through problems
3. Ways to clean up messes
   

   3 things you need for a good relationship

Having Good Relationship Habits: According to Cheri, relationship habits are the tiny interactions and things you can do for your partner every day. Things like:

• Say good morning and make them a cup of coffee
• Words of affirmation
• Small acts of kindness

A Way To Work Through Problems: Finding ways to come to an agreement. Learning how to solve conflict and make compromises. Cheri recommends couples develop at least 10 solutions to the problem to brainstorm and facilitate compromise.

3 things you need for a good relationship

Ways To Make Repairs: This is a system to “make it up” to our partner when we were wrong. The most common form of repair is an apology. Cheri warns that an apology can be a good way to repair a situation, but only when the apology is authentic and constructed correctly. Cheri then discusses some of the essential qualities of a good apology. Cheri also talks about how to make repairs when a person doesn’t want to apologize or feels like they should apologize.

Finally, Cheri talks about having a great relationship with your partner!

To get the FREE RESOURCES that are included in this episode, go to the links below:

1. Freebie #1: Strengthen Your Relationship PDF: A walkthrough on how to use these relationship habits in practice, found inside the Impactful Parent App https://theimpactfulparent.com/app
2. 101 Ways To Add Joy To Your Life found at cheritimko.com