4 Point Checklist for Couples: How Does Your Relationship Measure Up?

Photograph by Jen Palmer

If you want to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of your relationship, check these 4 areas of your life together

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Based on my many years of counseling people, I’ve identified four main areas that need to be in harmony (more or less) for a couple’s relationship to continue and thrive:

1. Good sex
2. Good energy
3. Shared values and interests
4. Respect (especially when you are not in agreement)

Let’s look at these areas and see why they are so important. But before we start, I’d like to emphasize that it’s not essential for two people to always be matching in each category, but on the whole, you should be more or