5 Tips for Building Healthy Relationships

Our personal relationships are an essential part of life. We are naturally wired to connect and collaborate with others.

Healthy relationships contain core essential elements including respect, appreciation, and freedom. In balanced relationships, each person contributes thoughts and feelings while remaining responsible for his or her own behavior.

Healthy relationships are equitable; both people contribute equally — or at least balance out in the long run. Lack of balance in a relationship c...