Let Your Marriage Thrive In 2022 With These Motivating Couple Goals
                     Let Your Marriage Thrive In 2022 With These Motivating Couple Goals
New Year resolutions are not simply relegated to the individual, either. If you are presently in a
committed relationship, the following are some inspiring relationship goals recommended by the
professional and experienced Kitchener therapists to set and stick to for your “New Year, New
Us” vision. If any of these goals really speak to you and your spouse, feel free to utilize them. But
do not feel pressured to employ all or even any of these suggestions.
They are  just  meant  to  get  you thinking  so  you both  can  land  on ideas  that  are  personally
meaningful. Go ahead, team - get dreaming!
Complete a shared pay it forward challenge
Doing kind things for others benefits the doers as much as the receivers. See you and your spouse
making a positive impact on your community and friends by setting regular goals such as:
 “Secret” sponsor acts
 “Just because” gifts to couple friends or family members
 Scheduled charitable donations
 Minimum monthly volunteer hours
Go on weekly, monthly or quarterly dates
Busy lives have a tendency to leave little room for quality time with your spouse. By planning
ahead and penciling in fun dates, you will have something to look forward to and be more likely to
actually  make  room in  your  schedule  for  that  oh-so-important  quality  time.  According  to  the
specialists for couples counselling, the following are some of the inclusions for weekly, monthly
or quarterly date:
 Foreign film night - no phones please!
 New recipes made together at home
 Shared baths or showers
 Plays and other local entertainment
 Mini-getaways to a nearby hotel
 Hikes - old favourites or new trails
 Couples’ massage
Try a complaining “Fast”
Can you give up complaining about your spouse for a whole month? How about a week - or even
just  a  single  day?  It  is  not  insinuating  that  complaints  are  “wrong”  or  that  issues  in  your
relationship should not be properly brought up and dealt with. But making a conscious effort to
give up complaining has this weird little effect of helping us turn out to be more aware of simply
how often we have a propensity for complaining in the first place.
If you make an effort for this goal, the idea is to:
 Tack on an explicit expression of gratitude - even if you simply think it to yourself or write
it in a journal - every time you catch yourself complaining
 Turn down the volume on your complaint channel and in its place allow the space where a
complaint used to go to filled with silent observation
 Simply  observe  -  without  judgement  -  how  often  you  nag,  complain  about,  or  pass
judgment on your spouse, no matter in your head or out loud
You and your partner deserve to have a healthy, fulfilling, and loving relationship. If live in or near
Kitchener, and are interested in discovering how marriage counselling can help you strengthen
and redefine your bond, feel free to contact Coca Psychotherapy!