HEALTH & WELLNESS
RELATIONSHIP RESOLUTIONS
By Lindsay Walden
Sex and Relationships Therapist
With the holidays over and the New Year beginning, it’s time to think
about resolutions. I am all for self-improvement, but don’t forget to
include your relationships in the process.
Relationships take work, and though it can be very rewarding work,
it doesn’t mean it’s easy. The fairy tale idea of “happily ever after”
is possible, but it doesn’t just happen. As with everything in life, we
make time for and put effort into the things that are important to us.
We change as time passes, and the relationships we are part of change
as well. These changes often happen in small increments, but any
change in the dynamics of a relationship can lead to what I often times
refer to as “relationship growing pains.” No matter how connected
and compatible people are with one another, these small changes can
build up and have a cumulative effect on the relationship happiness.
I don’t mean to paint a negative picture,
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