3 Ways To Improve Your Relationship Even When Your Partner Isn’t Leading The Way

You can improve your relationship by changing your mindset

Romina Aswani
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4 min readFeb 20, 2022

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“Why am I the only one investing in improving this relationship?”

“Why isn’t my partner meeting me halfway?”

If these questions resonate, you’re not alone.

Many people feel stuck on certain issues in their relationships and want to work towards solutions. But their partner isn’t as motivated to try. They don’t seem to have the same vision for your shared future — or they do, but they’re not up for doing anything about it.

If that sounds like you, here’s the good news. It is possible to work on — and even improve — your relationship without involving your partner. As long as the issue hasn’t become so ingrained it’s turned the relationship toxic. Or you’re with an abusive partner.

A simple first step is to work on your mindset within the relationship and towards your partner. Here are three tips to help.

1. Don’t Try To ‘Fix’ Your Partner

You know when you look at another person and think to yourself:

“If only they would quit doing (fill in the blank), then I could be happy”?

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