Relationships are one of the most important aspects of our lives, yet we can often forget just how crucial our connections with other people are for our Physical and Mental health and well being.

People who are more socially connected to family, friends, or their community are happier, physically healthier and live longer, with fewer mental health problems than people who are less well connected.

Living in conflict or within a toxic relationship is more damaging than being alone and can lead to mental illnesses.

Maintaining a healthy relationship takes work and effort for all of us.

Here are few tips that could help you maintain good mental health by improving your relationship.

1. Practice Healthy Communication
2. Embrace Your Independence
3. Talk about your feelings
4. Face-to-face communication is important
5. Always feel able to ask for help
6. Maintain quality relationships
7. Support each other
8. Learn to forgive
9. Show appreciation and gratitude daily for little things
10. Accept each other
11. Have at least one meal together with your family
12. Do not judge
13. Respect and Trust your partner
14. Listen to each other’s problems patiently
15. Share your daily chores and work
16. Everyone is important in the family
17. Honesty
18. Understanding each other
19. Cultivate empathy
20. Reduce Screen time
21. Spend Quality Time with each other
22. Giving each other space
23. Shared experiences

The more we consciously engage in an activity, be it playing board games, hiking, eating a meal together, or just laughing together, the more oxytocin gets released in our body. This feel-good hormone makes us not only feel good about ourselves, but by extension, also the people with whom we shared the experience or activity, thereby strengthening that bond.
Healthy Relationships contribute towards great mental Health and help minimize problems that can arise.