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Family dynamics

07th May 2017

Asking these two questions can help improve your relationship

Cathy Donohue

The jury’s out on this one.

When it comes to relationships, there’s any amount of experts ready to give their opinions on what makes for successful coupledom.

The latest advice we’ve come across is from Ken Page, a psychotherapist who has numerous articles published in Psychology Today and is the brains behind Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy.

Penning a piece for Your Tango, Ken explains how these two questions can help you to feel more connected to your partner and improve the intimacy in your relationship.

Question 1 is: “Which interactions in this relationship inspire me most?” and number 2, helping you to get right down to the nitty gritty is: “Which interactions in this relationship hurt me the most?”

According to Ken, the answers to these questions can tell you a lot about your relationship and the things that matter to you the most.

Now, we’re not saying these are about to change your life completely but there’s no denying that talking everything out with your partner can help massively.

Start by familiarising yourself with the answer to these questions before broaching them with your partner, you might just open a whole new line of communication.