Tips to Strengthen Your Marriage

It's been a tough year for everyone especially married couples who have not only become co-workers but co-teachers and 24/7 roommates. Here with tips on how to strengthen your marriage during this time is DR. John Delony

Don’t Give Up

• Marriages are struggling right now- we’re coworkers, co-earners, while still attractive and attentive
• Some are looking to go when they need to stay put (as long as you’re safe)
• Getting a divorce after this year is like getting divorced in the middle of a fire drill
• Pause and be vulnerable

Practice Intimacy

• Forget rom coms, real intimacy is something you practice
• Intimacy isn’t just running to the bedroom
• It’s about finding ways to make each other’s lives better
• Ask your spouse the way they need to be loved and become the best at it
• Two ways to practice intimacy:
  oAsk: what do you need from me?
  oShare: what I need from you

Prioritize Self-Care

• Self-care is not selfish, it’s important to our emotional well-being
• You can’t show up for your family when you’re fried
• (oxygen analogy) It’s restoration, not escape
• It’s not the end result, it’s so you can show up for you family
• Adopt daily practices to recalibrate your mind

Abandon the Kids

• Your marriage identity is separate from the kids
• Reprioritize your marriage first
• Start dating again, find things just for you and your spouse to do

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