The Voice

Nse Ikpe-Etim is a multiple award winning actress. Upon meeting her, I found her a beautiful soul with a lovely personality, but not without boundaries to protect herself, her marriage and relationships. Knowing that whatever we don't protect is vulnerable and stands a chance of abuse. Boundaries are unwritten code of conduct that must not be violated. They might not be spelt out nor written on the walls, but they exist and must be respected. Setting boundaries protect oneself and respecting boundaries protect the other : And when the two are in place, both party feels totally comfortable in that relationship. One of such is that, no one need to be told, there are some odd hours, casual calls are not meant to be made and a lot more others. We must be aware that the respect anyone refuse to give to their relationships, might likely be the reason for its discontinuity. Moderacy and self- restraint should be a watchword. We need to respect people's space, ...

Common sense will only earn anyone a common relationship: but to have the best of relationships, we must be spiritually intelligent.  You might think relationship is an emotional concept, yes it is, but it is also a spiritual concept, because everything is spiritual and nothing is ordinary: more so, we are spirit beings and we can control our outcomes with our spirit man. Are you even aware that we need more than good food, fine looks, great sex, sweet words to keep our partner, we need Spirituality. I conducted a research on 367 people and spirituality is one of the virtues in sustaining our relationship and also a look out for right and preferred partner. In my marriage relationship, It appears that the atmosphere in our home is a true reflection of our spiritual fervency. And to enjoy the best of ourselves we invest more in spiritual things and there has being no better yesterdays. Even Jesus was also spiritually intelligent by rebuking the devil even though...

Gratitude has a miraculous effect on relationships while ingratitude reduces it to zero. Ingratitude spells out that the receiver takes the act of kindness for granted and it makes the giver feel wasteful, but when gratitude is shown, the game changes. There was a day I wrote a gratitude letter to my husband, thanking him for every single act I could remember and I sealed it up with my red lip kisses. I didn't let the spirit of entitlement (its my right) rob me of opportunities to be thankful for his many act of kindness. And guess what? He always does more and more and more and more and I always thank and thank and thank and thank. Even when I perform all my responsibilities as a wife, it doesn't go without a thank you, and that makes me want to give more than my best the next time. #Nowordasmiraculousasthankyou #Thankyouamorebetterword #Thankyoucantnotbeenough #Thankyoushouldnotbeunderestimated #Thankyouarelationshipbooster

There is a place for spending money and a place for spending time and none of it can replace the other. We often hear the saying that "Time is Money", that is because time is another form of currency we must spend on our relationships to grow. Many have failed in parenting because they are spending money where and when they are suppose to be spending time, even some couple separate cos they couldn't afford this currency of time. I'll simply put that No time means No relationship, because relationships happen in time and not outside time. I have observed this with my friendships, that I bond more closely with friends I spend more time with than those without shared moments, either via text, chat, or call, although physical does it better. It is natural for us to give time to whatever is of high priority to us and where time is not given or spent, it literary mean that thing is of less importance. #Makequalitytimealifestyle #Qualitytimeislessexpensive #Itsbenefitislo...

You will agree with me that there are some problems that do not need any other solution than a listening ear. "A problem shared is half solved" how then can that be when the other isn't even listening. Lets not be mistaken, to be silent is not the same as to listen. Because there is passive listening as well as active listening. You might want to know? Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and you were asked immediately what was said and you can't say a thing ? That is a passive listening and it would do our relationships no good. But an active listening is an intentional kind, where we can listen with our ears and eyes, where we can hear what the person is not even saying. You meet a need each time you listen to your partner. You are indirectly telling him/her that, I validate your opinion, you come first, you are important and worthy of my attention. We must not forget this, that everyone loves to be heard. Listening is one of the actions that ...