How To Start Loving Your Spouse More [Video]

posted on March 27, 2019

For those who may struggle with their relationship with their significant other, whether married, engaged, or dating, loving them can sometimes be a bit difficult. The reasons can be many, money, sex, parenting, and hobbies tend to be the highest identified reasons.

But the Gottman Institute, a research-based relationship model, talks about how none of these things are actually causing conflict. In fact, conflict doesn’t have to mean you love your spouse less.

So what is the biggest reason? They say it’s all about how you invest in your relationship and if you are fighting, you haven’t been investing in your relationship.

They created a term called The Emotional Bank that is a concept for understanding how to invest in your relationship. Below is a video and here is an article that fully details it.

What ways do you see yourself investing regularly in small ways for your spouse?

About Jeremy Smith

Jeremy Smith is a licensed professional clinical counselor, supervisor, and Co-occurring program coordinator at an Ohio community mental health center for seven years. Before this, he worked in Colorado as a Co-Occurring counselor for three years as well as helped create an inpatient treatment center specifically for those who struggle with opioid dependency. Before clinical counseling, Jeremy was a staff person for Youth for Christ for 8 years in Ohio's Campus Life and in Colorado with YFCMilitary at the Air Force Academy. He has his Masters in Clinical Mental Health from Denver Seminary and Masters in Family Ministry from Winebrenner Theological Seminary. In his free time, he helps at his church with their mental health ministry, spends time with his wife and three children, and loves to write for his website ChurchAndMentalHealth.com.

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