Healthy Habits Series: Healthy Relationships Support Health and Wellness

The tips in the Heathy Habits series also includes a bit of advice on relationships. You might ask, just how do relationships contribute to our overall health if at all? The fact is they have proven to have a very significant effect on our overall health in all stages of life. This has been proven in study after study. Those who have healthy, supporting relationships have a higher quality of life and have a higher rate of recovery than individuals who have not cultivated relations in their life that are built upon values, like trust, honesty, and caring intentions.

In recognition of this proven link the World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete mental, physical and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmary." (World Health Organization, 2001) Our social support/relationships play a significant role in our health and our ability to recover from debilitating diseases. Therefore having healthy partnerships and friendships with supportive and kind people can do much to improve not just life in general but your health as well.

Having good relationships is really about learning how to give and be the friend you would like to have. If you can treat people the way that you yourself would want to be treated then odds are that you will probably develop that relationship into a good one. However, most of us are not that fair minded. Instead, we tend to see things only from our point of view and this not only causes us stress but also erodes our relations with others.

Make it a point to build a network of solid family and non-family intrests. You can do this by making it a point to be friendly to everyone you meet and treat each person with kindness. You may think that this is all about other people but in fact these very activities help you just as much as them. Therefore doing a kindness for someone benefits not only the other person but you as well.

One thing that has gone out of fashion in the modern world is the simple thank you card. If you have ever received one of these from someone then you know how they can really make your day. One easy way to improve your interactions with people is to simply send them a simple thank you card when they do something that makes you feel good. For this healthy tip, the realtionship advice is clearly to enhance your personal relations and create a wider circle of friends and acquaintances built on values that are supportive to all parties.

 

HeartCore Corporation may receive a referral fee on items we review.

Share |

 

 


What do you think? Please enter your comments below.

 

 
By filomena
2008-08-06 17:33:32
 

My boyfriend of almost three years just recently decided he needed a break from the relationship. We have been together for most of those almost three years. In my mind I thought that's what he wanted to do, thought he was happy with that. But as we grew closer it became harder and harder to be away from him when he wanted to be with his friends or do guy stuff. So the few times he wanted to go and do those "guy" things, I would have a problem with it. I'd make him feel guilty before he left and be mad at him when he got back and be mad when he didn't come back on time. I built my entire world around him. I was him, and I wanted to do everything with him and not be away from him. There are a lot of insecurities on my part but many of those stem from the fact that he doesn't verbalize his love for me. I have yet to hear I love you. That's a major factor in our issues. I feel as though he loves me, he treats me as though he loves me, but I never heard those three little words. His personality is very flamboyant and he is basically Mr Personality. He has to talk to everyone. I sometimes take it as flirting and it sucks away what little confidence I have left. We get along great when we are together for the most part. His family is great, and my family loves him. His family loves me, I love taking care of him. We have been through a lot together, from accidents to deaths in the family and all the while we have been by each other's sides. He just recently told me that he needs space to figure things out and figure out what he wants in life. He says he knows what I want and he's not sure if he could give that to me right now. I do want marriage and kids but I don't want them tomorrow. I'm not asking for anything. He says he doesn't want lose me and that he still wants to go out with me, but he needs time to think about things. I haven't seen him in three days. It's hard for me, but he seems to not be taking it to badly. I don't know if it's because the relationship got monotonous, or he just is having second thoughts. He contacts me every now and again. I don't know how much time he needs, if he really wants to make things work, or if this relationship is worth saving. How long do breaks last? Should I continue to pick up the phone when he calls? How can he miss me if I'm still talking to him? Does he want something else? Should I continue to have hope that things will work out? Our relationship became so routine that I lost myself, and he did things or didn't do things for that matter to make me happy while making himself miserable. What can I do to fix things? How can I learn to trust him? I'm not handling this "break" thing very well. I am trying to distract myself so I don't have time to think about things. Please give me some hope.

Enter Your Comment or Question:


Name: (required)

E-mail: (required)

Security Code: (required)

Your e-mail address will not be displayed and will remain confidential.


 

Security Code to enter
Security Image

Please enter your comment or question below:

characters left    

By commenting here you grant circlesoflight.com a perpetual license to reproduce your words and submitted name/web site in attribution.

 

Page Protected by Copyscape - Do Not Copy  |  circlesoflight.com is © HeartCore Corporation 2001-2010