There might be many sources for relationship advice and relationship support but the moment we hear the term ‘true relationship’, we can’t but sense that there are relationships and then there are arrangements.
According to Tanya Curtis, Senior Behaviour Specialist and founding director of FABIC Behaviour Specialist Centre, an evolving relationship, aka a true relationship, is between people who are willing to embrace the classroom of life and the infinite number of life lessons in it together.
An arrangement on the other hand is staying in the comfort of one’s unwillingness to commit to life and keep our unmastered life lessons at arm’s length if not further.
Download an article on love being an observation.
This video may be useful for those searching for the following:
- What does it mean to grow in a relationship?
- What is love?
- How do I know that it is true love?
And for a deeper dive into all things LASTING behaviour change with FABIC:
- Other people and the relationships we have with them can throw up many life lessons; episode 4 in the FABIC Mental Wellness series offers more insight
- Building Relationships that Heal and don’t Harm
