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Wellbeing

The well-being of your relationship, like every couple on the planet, depends on the well-being of each of you. In other words, your relationship can only be as emotionally and spiritually healthy as the two of you. We make this foundational point nearly anytime we give a seminar for couples.

Most attributes of mental health are found in the middle of a continuum that signifies a “balanced life.” Self-worth, for example, is the midpoint between too much humility and too much pride. Delayed gratification is between too much compulsive restraint and too much free-wheeling indulgence.

The attribute of self-awareness, on the other hand, is unique. At one end of an imagined continuum of this trait we would find the person in denial, seeing themselves without any flaws, exaggerating their own abilities and dodging feedback at all cost. This person is riddled with blind spots and is the common view of the narcissist. On the other end of this imagined continuum, however, well, we are at a loss. Is it possible to have too much self-awareness? Is it undesirable to be too open to feedback?

Perhaps this healthy trait could be taken to an extreme but we’ve never seen it. No matter how self-aware we are, we can always benefit from continued critique. We can always improve by being more conscious, more alert to our emotions, our motives, our thinking and our behavior. Too much of a good thing? We don’t think so.

Awareness does not guarantee psychological health, but psychological health is impossible without it. Self-awareness is one of the most significant keystones to emotional health – and thus to your relationship. So we ask: What are you doing today that will help you become aware of who you are in the context of your relationship? How do these biblical passages shed light on this?

If you haven’t taken the SYMBIS Assessment, we hope you will. It’s truly one of the single most effective ways you can prepare for lifelong love together. Visit SYMBIS.com