The Most Missed Ingredient Required for a Happy Relationship

Most of us want to have a happy relationship. We want romance, passion, fun, sex and love. We want a buddy to go through life together and have all sorts of cool experiences with. They’re there for us during the tough times just like we are there for them when they struggle.

It sounds so simple and yet we all seem to struggle creating healthy and happy relationship for ourselves and our partners. But why is it so difficult?

The High of New Relationships

When we enter a new relationship, we pay our partners a lot of attention. We’re interested in them and curious about them. The newness of it all is intriguing and exciting. We show them the best of us and we make an effort.

We take care of our appearance and we make time for connection. We create opportunities for ourselves to have new experiences and we slow down enough to appreciate what is going on for us.

There is no time to sit around and grumble or stress because our mind is occupied with our new partner and this new experience we are having. Our mood is better and we feel excited, hopeful and energised.

We believe that our partner is the cause of our improved wellbeing. But in believing this, we can easily fall into the trap of making our…