DIY Relationship Help: 7 Therapist-Backed Tips for Couples (5 of 5)

How to make these habits stick

Stack habits: pair your weekly check-in with an existing routine (Sunday grocery planning), make repair phrases visible (note on the fridge), and use shared calendars for time-outs and reconvene times. Keep the scope manageable; change lands better when it’s easy to repeat. And remember that progress is measured in tone and teamwork efforts as much as it is in solutions found. These steps will get you closer to the relationship help you need and echo many relationship therapy tips and couples therapy tips that you’d encounter in any typical counseling session.