February 10, 2023
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👉 Read this before your special valentine’s date! You’ll thank us l8er. 😉
👩❤️👨 Romance probably isn’t quite what you picture in your mind… Here’s a little glimpse @ what it really looks like every day!
🍯🌙 Marriage can bring lots of initial expectations- Just because your honeymoon wasn’t perfect, doesn’t mean your marriage will fail.
💞 Make it more than just a day; celebrate each other on the daily!
💔💣 Love bombing: Good or bad? And, could it be happening in your relationship?
tips & tricks for growth
you’ll wanna chat about this with your fiancé
While you’re engaged, conversations tend to hover endlessly around the wedding day, and naturally so. Though working out the details and planning your celebration is exciting, having conversations about other topics is important, too.
💍 Before you tie the knot…
• Talk about the importance of marriage, what it means to you both and what you hope for it to look like.
• Do you want children?
• How do you handle conflict and what rules do you want to establish on how to fight when you do?
• Talk through your finances.
• Discuss intimacy in your relationship.
Get personal with your sweetheart. Start out your marriage with the muscle memory of talking through tough conversations, how you want to love each other and what’s important to you. The more you communicate, the richer the potential for a lovely life together. Now who’s ready to say I do?
self-care may not be the answer
Do you ever find yourself in a season of high stress? The kids have sports and after-school programs. You and your spouse have increased work demands. The extended family wants time with you, and friends want to hang out. You are overwhelmed with busyness.
🤯 Increases stress levels, when not managed, can lead to burnout.
Burnout happens when you are physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted from prolonged stress.
There are three dimensions to burnout: exhaustion, feelings of cynicism, and detachment. We’re all in danger of suffering from burnout if we don’t take steps to manage stress.
A typical response when suffering from burnout is to practice self-care. Self-care is anything you do regularly to maintain physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
🚨 But while self-care is essential, is it the solution?
Self-care is valuable for enhancing mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional health. We should partake in self-care proactively, not solely as a reaction to high stress. Self-care should move us toward our goals. When we utilize self-care to relieve stress, it’s only being used defensively. Self-care should be more than a solution when stressed out!
let’s get REALatable
It’s time to take things a step further & get a little intimate with a Q&A. What do you say?😉 Learn a little bit about the faces behind all of this relationship gold. This week we’re chatting with Kyle Richard, husband of 1.5 years to his wife Kristina, an avid board game player, and our new Marketing Strategist here at First Things First. Let’s get REALatable💛 & learn a little bit about him:
Q: What’s a TV show you could binge again and again?
A: 🎬 That’s an extremely hard question and I’m actually offended to answer because there are several I could name. But it would come down to “My Wife and Kids” or “How I Met Your Mother.” If I had to choose one I would have to say BOTH.
Q: Next place on your travel bucket list?
A: ☀️ The next bucket list travel destination has to be Nassau, Bahamas. The weather, scenery, and rich culture is something that’s definitely needed during the confusing and cold season we’re in.
Q: Who’s your biggest role model?
A: 💞 My biggest role model(s) are my parents. They taught me how to love, be a good person, forgive others, patience, how to be open minded, work hard, be accepting, and how to laugh my way through life. Those are priceless nuggets that have gotten me this far and will take me much further.
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