Chemist Warehouse Catalogue - 11/02-24/02/2021 (Page 13)

the house of wellness and door tender touch gentle touches on the arm or face or a hand placed in the small of the back can increase the level of the 'love hormone - oxytocin - in our brain and makes us feel more attached to that person get off screens more than 45 per cent of australian parents spend one to five hours a day on boundaries around when you will both use screens learn each other's love language we each have a preferred way of showing love - our language and speak to them in that language "that might be or cooking their favourite meal' joanne says "or it might be said to them pay a compliment it is a quick way to build goodwill and affection pay each other compliments to show how much you appreciate each other 'let your make eye contact looking into each other's eyes increases feelings of affection and love research gazing at each other can build feelings of love and sexual attraction between a couple "make eye contact on a regular connection if they maintain eye contact because it shows intimacy trust and emotional connection." do something new together take turns to arrange a new experience - from go-karting and "when you do something unfamiliar together you are on this adds to the foundation of your relationship "safe house the place where you feel supported and secure remember the moment you met "happy memories sub-consciously put you surviving financial stress together at some point most couples will struggle to make ends words sarah marinos so lalk about beautiful things you've shared and moment you first met and the moment when you did together at the beginning that sparked passion and intimacy and bring that back! ashley noted it can be hard to remain affectionate and respectful of each other couples who face financial difficulties ickering over bills is a common by mystate bank in tasmania found 55 per cent of couples fight about money at least once a year and almost one in five couples each month about 23 per cent of couples did not trust their partner to stick to might be happy to spend money on doing exciting things to build the relationship.' relationships australia nsw chief executive officer elisabeth shaw says "once things become 'serious! people think about funding their financial future and the rubber hits the road if there are differences in financial goals and attitudes making things stronger but facing financial challenges can the research showed financial stressors can serve as catalysts for positive relational growth researcher ashley lebaron found couples who practice relationship maintenance behaviours' such as each other affection can build strong relationships during a financial struggle maintenance matters "one person may lose their job and not make the same financial contribution have conversations about what each of you contributes in different ways renegotiate roles and be grateful for your partner is a hard worker and that your financial issues are not their fault that's more likely to bring you together have compassion common problem can be bonding will pull together and be more how financial stress could get the better of you and pre-empt that." avoid fights getting out of hand by recognising they happen because you are stressed and it is not about who spent what ease the pain looking at pictures of a loved one has been demonstrated to reduce pain in a study by mount sinai school of medicine that the image of a person's romantic partner was enough to reduce experimentally image of a random attractive feelings of love brings oxytocin counteract the pain staying well couples live longer than their be because couples tend to encourage each other to take care of themselves and to visit the doctor when they are not well according to a harvard study us study revealed having strong social relationships - friends by 50 per cent “having a common problem can be bonding together and be more connected." vo - exteozoicw