Whether you have been in a long-term relationship for many years and want to rekindle the love, or if you want to learn how to live in love with your partner more easily; each of these life practices will honour the person that you have chosen to be in relationship with and to nurture and cultivate a deeper level of love and intimacy.
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My work with many couples includes most of whom are in long-term relationships, some of which span more than thirty-five years together.Ā It can be that couples who have been together for a lengthy time have greater challenges keeping their love alive and strong, since their lengthy history together likely includes old hurts and wounds that may not have been healed, and that resurface from time to time, igniting with it the pain and suffering that was once lived.
Present day couples espouse a busy life that often places their relationship secondary to that of their children and career; and while for a time this may seem to be a necessary aspect of juggling and managing life, it can create distance and separation for the two people who need to have a united front and a close and loving bond.
There are two criteria necessary for feeling endless (and unconditional) love towards your partner.Ā Ā You both must honour one another and the relationship as sacred; and so it requires that (1) both members of a couple invest time and effort consistently in the relationship and each other; and (2) that you both make the relationship a priority; not in place of taking care of your needs, but as the important and discerning truth of choosing a life partner that is both your best friend and the person you love the most.
If you and your partner have a desire to re-calibrate; to experience the feelings of love that were once so powerful, or to know a newfound level of intimacy and closeness; then consider using all of these strategies as a means for how you will experience a greater depth of loveĀ in your existing relationship.