HOW TO MAKE YOUR PARTNER FEEL LOVED AND APPRECIATED

When you give to your partner from the seat of your own alive wholeness, a beautiful relationship unfolds between you. In other words, giving to get love or validation or as a way to fill yourself up doesn’t work, but when you can give from the filled-up place inside of you without condition or expectation, your relationship will transform. Most people just want to be heard. They don’t need solutions, advice, or feedback (unless specifically asked) and when unsolicited feedback is offered, it’s usually experienced as invasion. So when your partner is sharing with you — anything from her angry feelings about her best friend to an incident he’s perplexed by at work — listen with your heart and reflect back that you’re truly listening with affirming comments.

A simple thing I can do to brighten my husband’s day is a phone call to simply remind him that I love and appreciate him. When he comes home after his long day at work, I could have dinner ready and let him know I have a really special dessert ready after the kids are in bed! Give him/her a‘ just because’ gift. Don’t worry, you don’t have to spend much money to come up with a creative gift he or she will love. We’ve come up with 35cheap, fun and unique gifts for you already.

Dedicate a song to your on the radio. An oldie but goodie they’d never expect! This one will require some planning (and possibly an hour of calling over and over to your local radio station) but think about how much you’ll make them blush when they hear their name over the airwaves. Just make sure they’re listening to the radio when your dedication comes on.