It is not uncommon to occasionally have arguments with your partner.  In fact, arguments in a relationship could even be considered common, or at least normal. (Maybe even considered TOO frequent depending on the relationship!) While fights are to be expected, the outcomes of any conflict with your partner can heavily depend on both your preparation for the conflict, as well as consideration of your partner’s perspective during the argument. 

In this article, we’ll look at some of the common mistakes that many couples make during a fight

What do lawyers and couples have in common? Are you guilty of bombarding your partner with questions you already know the answer to, to try and prove a point? Check out this video from Irene Schreiner at Solid Foundations Therapy to learn how you can recognize and redirect these negative behaviors while communicating with your partner. Your relationship will thank you!

June's monthly therapy moment is from Robyn, staff therapist at Solid Foundations Therapy . She discusses why allowing your partner to come home and unload (even through it might feel like complaining), is beneficial to your relationship. It helps better your communication and makes your partner feel understood. Let us know in the comments if you try this with your significant other.

Burnout, it’s a term we hear often in our society.  You get burned out emotionally, physically, and mentally when we are under excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs often times when you are feeling overwhelmed and drained. It can occur in any part of our lives - at work, at school, or even in our relationship. Being burned out in any one area of our life can lead to a lack of motivation and issues in the other areas of our lives

Relationship burnout can happen to any of us.

Check out the latest video from Breanna Mann, staff therapist at Solid Foundations Therapy. She discusses the challenges that couples face when setting boundaries with extended family members and provides some tips to overcome those challenges.

As soon as you enter a relationship, you no longer have just yourself to think about. You now have to keep in consideration the needs of your partner. In order for your relationship to be successful, you must know how to meet those needs in a way to best serve your partner. That goes along with know how to best serve the goals and aspirations of your partner as well. Since being in a relationship means that you are a cohesive unit, it is not only in your partner’s best interest, but yours as well to support them in whatever journey they embark on. Think of their success as your success. Their happiness as your happiness.

We all want our relationships to be successful. After all, if we are entering into a relationship with the belief that it will fail, then what is the point?  Unfortunately, things do happen.

The reality is that sometimes relationships fail, sometimes due to things we have done wrong or other times due to  circumstances seemingly outside of our control. One thing we can control is how quickly we get help.