Life is precious, and meant to be lived to the fullest. Yet sometimes we forget to fully live it, often due to stagnation and pursuing life’s less meaningful goals. Busy, harried, tired and overwhelmed, it is easy to take our frustrations out on each other, blame one another and take the relationship for granted.

As a result, emotional fractures get bigger and tougher to bridge, and little by little this drains the vitality and connection that we once felt. It doesn’t have to be this way, but for many, it just doesn’t get better on its own. Couples must learn how to communicate and relate effectively, instead of talk at each other, fight and bicker, play emotional tit for tats, or just live in a frustrated silence, perpetually walking on eggshells.

We all need love, validation, gratitude and warmth, but many of us don’t know how to create the environment and the intimacy to manifest a mutually fulfilling reality. The good thing is that these are skills which can be learned and improved upon. And learning to speak each other’s language, has a positive and uplifting effect in all of our important relationships.