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title: 5 Ways To Keep Your Marriage Healthy - Part 1
description: 5 ways to keep your marriage healthy by Melinda Eitzen
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# [5 Ways To Keep Your Marriage Healthy - Part 1](https://blog.duffeeandeitzen.com/5-ways-to-keep-your-marriage-healthy-part-1)

 Written by [Melinda Eitzen](https://blog.duffeeandeitzen.com/author/melinda-eitzen) | Oct 4, 2022 9:02:38 PM

**ONE: Treat Your Spouse as a Partner**

**TWO: Prioritize your spouse over your children**

- - If all of your focus has been on your children for 20+ years and you’ve let your relationship fizzle, how will it be when the children are grown and gone?

**THREE: Remember that a relationship is a work in progress.**

- - Don’t be afraid or ashamed to ask for help
    - Healthy relationship are created, not found
    - Go to counseling whether you think you need it or not- “relationship coach”
    - At least once a year
    - Call it marriage coaching if that makes you feel better
    - If you’re stuck on an issue, meet with a marriage coach to help you work through it
    - It’s important to have some dedicated time to focus on that relationship and check in with each other
      
      **FOUR: Practice forgiveness(that doesn’t mean stay in an unhealthy situation)**

**FIVE: Take time for yourself**

 

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