Empathy is valuable, especially when you’re in a relationship and need to support your partner. It’s vital for building up your partnership and creating meaningful, trusting bonds with the other person.
The quality of empathy allows you to share the feelings of your partner and experience what they are going through. Keep reading to learn more about what empathy brings to the table in a healthy, secure relationship.
What Does Empathy Bring In Healthy Relationships?
1. Stronger Connections
In a healthy relationship, empathy will allow you to have a much stronger connection with the person you love. Connecting with what they have to say and feel will help them feel like you care about what they are feeling and what you have to say. You’ll feel much closer – which is why it’s critical to try to see where they are coming from in any disagreement.
2. Better Communication
Empathy will lead to better communication with your partner as you try to see things from their perspective. You can use their feelings to explain where you are coming from without sacrificing their emotions for what you want out of any conversation. Communication is the foundation of any relationship – and empathy supports it.
3. Higher Resilience
Empathy in a healthy relationship will provide it with resilience to last for a long time. Partners who can care for each other in an empathetic way. Using empathy will lower the number of arguments you have, help you work together during job loss and other setbacks, communicate better, and attack life as a team instead of separate people.
4. Reduction of Conflict
Finally, empathy means there will be less conflict in your relationship. The better you understand each other, the less there will be to fight about. Putting yourself in your partner’s shoes, and vice versa will lower the intensity and frequency of your fights
Hi! My name is Kimmy B, I am the co-host of the We’reHard podcast. I have a passion for fitness, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. I’ve always loved working out and staying active but recently found my groove in the fitness industry.