Valeria and Alexandria's IM - chat story is what I call «8 - Cow Moments» — the stories of when
your partner made you feel valued and loved.
Not exact matches
The team at cloud.ca
made our transition painless and they continue to
make us
feel like
valued partners.
«Treating employees like owners and business
partners — that's how you can create
value and
make this more than just a
feel - good story.»
However, as we look around today and ask what conditions seem on the whole to
make for happiness in marriage, we are driven to the curious conclusion that the more «civilized people become the less capable they seem of lifelong happiness with one
partner» (p. 135) For a marriage to work requires that there «be a
feeling of complete equality on both sides; there must be no interference with mutual freedom; there must be the most complete physical and mental intimacy; and there must be a certain similarity in regard to standards of
value» (p. 143).
These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home,
feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as
making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her
partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural,
value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to
make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are
making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.
When you and your
partner both know how the other gives appreciation and wants to receive appreciation, it
makes for more thoughtful decisions and efforts that
make you and your
partner both
feel loved and
valued.
Go out of your way to love your
partner in a way that
makes them
feel valued, not only what comes easily to you.
I want an honest, faithful, caring, sweet and lovibg man who knows how to
make his
partner feel valued and special.
Crellin recognizes this and works hard to
make sure that their learning
partners feel appreciated and
valued by both students and teachers.
«You've got to
make sure you are financially competitive but the way you
feel valued is the interaction you get from the work that you do, both from the
partners you work for, but also the clients that you are interacting with.»
There's nothing that I've seen that
makes it
make sense, and aside from the economics of it, it's the
feeling that
partners get of suddenly there's a greater
value for someone coming across and contributing in the same manner that I have without any history with this organization just astounds me.
Instead, he wrote, «they should seek enthusiastic consent from users,
making them into
valued partners who
feel they have a stake in the research.»
When we realize that money acts as a symbol for certain
values and that we all have very different views and
feelings about money, it
makes it easier to understand our own and our
partner's perspectives on the subject.
An exercise to try, if you're inspired by the chance to
value your
partner's thoughts and
feelings, is to stop «telling» as much and
make a point to «ask» curiosity questions (using your own words) such as:
That's why I work with couples to build habits that strengthen relationship capital and
make their
partner feel important and
valued.
People who give their
partner the cold shoulder — deliberately ignoring the
partner or responding minimally — damage the relationship by
making their
partner feel worthless and invisible, as if they're not there, not
valued.
It is about being sensitive to your
partners»
feelings, and wanting to
make them
feel comfortable,
valued, listened to, and understood.
Interestingly, when wrongdoing
partners do try to
make up for bad behavior, forgiving them boosts victims» self - respect and self - concept clarity.3 The authors reasoned that offering amends signals to victims that they are safe and
valued in their relationships, and so when
partners apologize for bad behavior, victims
feel more secure if they choose to forgive.
Whereas kissing is commonly perceived as a display of affection in romantic relationships, research highlights a far more nuanced explanation regarding the «function» of kissing within relationships.1 Some research suggests that kissing enables individuals to assess the quality of potential
partners by putting individuals in close proximity,
making it easier to examine features that are associated with mate
value, such as breath and skin texture.2 Other research suggests that kissing elevates levels of arousal, which may lead to sexual intercourse.3 A third body of research suggests that kissing can influence
feelings of attachment, alleviate stress, and increase relationship satisfaction.4 Given these varied explanations, the question remains: is there a single purpose for kissing or do all these explanations hold truth?
Not only does this
make your
partner feel valued, but it also primes your mind to see the positive traits of your
partner, instead of focusing on the negative.
We
make ourselves known to one another by sharing who we are (our
feelings, reactions,
values, ideas, fears) and by being open and receptive to our
partner's sharing.
Throughout the month of April, we are
partnering with individuals and communities across Tennessee who are committed to building strong families and
making sure that children grow up
feeling loved and
valued.