In this week’s episode, I’m discussing the number one requirement to have a healthy relationship with someone. What is it you ask? Well, it’s one of the most HATED words I know and that is CHANGE! Yes, dare I say it, change is required for you to have a healthy, happy, and long-lasting relationships, romantic or otherwise!
Why do people struggle with this word? Because it means they will have to DO something (or in some cases STOP doing something). Either way, change is not the dirty word you think it is. Change is all about growth. Change is all about compromise. People who embrace change and are easily adaptable to it are the most successful in relationships and in life.
It was famed relationship therapist Esther Perel who stated: “Stuckness is more a quality of an interaction with a situation, with oneself, with a person, with a mental belief system, then the specific belief system itself. It’s the rigidity, it’s the unbending nature. Stuck is when stability goes rigid. Every system straddles stability and change. Too much stability and you get stuck. Too much change, and you can go chaotic”.
I want to inspire each of you to do the delicate dance between stability and change. Life will require you to be adaptable. Remember, the only real constant IS change! I believe nothing truly stays the same except for Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8, NIV). So expect for just about everything else in your life to change at some point. You may be able to prepare for this change, and it may be a surprise to you. Just know that a healthy relationship will require you to change at many points within it. Embrace it!
Check out the “Soul-Ties Podcast” by Kenyon and Taccara Martin and also their new podcast for couples “Covered”. Here is a link to their Facebook page where they record their podcast live each week! Ask the Martins