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Your marriage is sacred. It's something you will spend the rest of your lives working on to ensure that it is strong, healthy, and lasts the rest of your life. So why not start protecting it now by setting healthy boundaries to help strengthen your marriage?

When you think of the word "boundaries" you may feel like you are putting restrictions on you and your spouse, but there is nothing negative about setting some guidelines for your relationship if their goal is to make your marriage stronger. These are five healthy boundaries to provide the framework for a healthy marriage.

Do you remember the last time you felt strong? How about powerful? Fierce? We feel them in our bodies as physical sensations and flood our minds with thoughts that reinforce how we feel. We make meaning of the physical sensations based on our past experience and current environmental context. We can tap this power to overcome obstacles on our fitness journey.

Sometimes I might feel strong following a presentation or asserting my needs successfully in relationship.

The wedding bells rang, the guests tore up the dance floor and you and your partner rode off into the sunset. Or perhaps the pandemic forced you to put off your wedding, and you and your partner are just now tying the knot. What next?

We use the phrase "the honeymoon is over" to refer to that time when the bliss of being newly married wears off and the real work of building a life together kicks in. Marriage is a partnership, and partnerships can be challenging. No longer are you responsible for only your own decisions. Now you must work together and come to a common understanding on everything: from sex to finances to raising children. When disagreements and misunderstandings arise, how can we move forward together?

The healthiest and longest-lasting relationships don’t just happen because a couple fell in love. The majority of strong and healthy marriages are created by using a formula composed of six vital elements—and here they are:

1. Good, open, honest communication and a willingness to change. This happens with practice. It means you don’t judge or feel judged by your spouse. You’ve developed good listening and speaking skills. Trust each other and know you can talk to each other about anything. It means the willingness to work on your own issues and make changes in yourself, if necessary.