Mindful Relationship Habits

Modern life moves fast. It is easy to feel out of touch with world events when we are constantly bombarded with information from the internet, and from social media updates on our friends’ lives. This often creates a sense of disorientation that affects many aspects of our personal life, especially our romantic relationships.

In an ever-changing world, we often think that we can solve our relationship issues simply by changing partners, but this is rarely the case. Consumerism may be an effective way to drive modern markets, but applying the same theories to our love life will not make us happy in the long run. People are not products, and a stable loving relationship offers many benefits, such as improving our physical and mental health, encouraging us to live a healthy, longer life, increasing our economic well-being, helping us to feel more content, since we have a shoulder to lean on in difficult times, making it easier to have a fulfilling sex life, and giving us the energy we need to raise children to the best of our ability.

Cultivating emotional intimacy in our relationship is therefore the secret to long-lasting happiness, and this is the main focus of Scott and Davenport's book, Mindful Relationship Habits, which teaches the reader how to apply the power of mindfulness in a relationship.