11 Things Happy Couples Do Differently: Companionship (part 3)
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Happy couples are no different than unhappy couples. They have similar backgrounds, same jobs, same income levels, and same interests.
But they do some things differently. And those differences in how they do conflict, connection, and companionship, make all the difference.
Changes in action lead to changes in trajectory. That leads to changes in outcome.
But what if you could extrapolate those differences, and add them into YOUR relationship.
Well, for the past three episodes, that is what we have been doing.
In the first episode, we looked at how happy couples do conflict differently.
In the second episode, we looked at how happy couples connect with each other differently.
In this week’s episode, we turn to how happy couples treat each other differently, as individuals. This is about how they treasure their companion and protect their relationship.
Successful couples see themselves as a team, a unit, a WE (as I call it). But that WE is made up of two individuals. Those two individuals create the strongest WE when they are strong, themselves. When they develop and grow, the bring that growth and energy into the relationship.
More than that, happy couples create and maintain boundaries around their relationship. They protect and treasure the relationship. They support and treasure each other.
Learn how happy couples treat their companionship in this week’s podcast episode.
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