How do you Rebuild Trust in your Relationship?

We all have a basic human need to feel safe and secure.?

It’s really the simple and small gestures such as integrity, love, affection and confidentiality that build trust and security over time.?

Unfortunately, it can take just one mistake, one moment of madness or a disastrous judgement call for this trust to be broken.?

When trust is broken, it can be the catalyst to destroy this feeling of security and tear the relationship apart.?

Once it’s lost, is the relationship doomed?

There are two crucial questions you can ask…

1. How do you know if the situation is ready to be resolved?
2. How do you actually go about rebuilding the trust?

Firstly then… is it actually possible to restore trust in your relationship?

I believe, 100% that it definitely is!?

However, there are some essential foundations that you will need to have in place…

THE 5 FOUNDATIONS TO REBUILDING TRUST?

1. Do both parties want the relationship to work and have they both committed to taking action steps to find a way forward?
2. Has enough time lapsed for the hurt person to consider the options available to them??

1. Is the hurt person willing to forgive and ready to develop themselves to improve the relationship?
2. Do both parties accept that it will take time to rebuild?
3. Is the person who broke the trust open to developing themselves and are they committed and willing to put measures in place to ensure the same thing doesn’t happen again?

If you have these foundations in place, then you know that you have something solid to build on and a really good chance to move forward in your relationship.

So, what are the exact building blocks you need to rebuild the trust in your relationship?

8 BUILDING BLOCKS TO SUCCESS?

• Both parties accept some responsibility
• You realign your relationship values?
• Set a time to talk about the betrayal. Prepare questions. Honesty is key but graphic detail may cause more harm than good
• Find new ways to reconnect with each other?

• Weekly relationship stand-up or meeting to review what has gone well that week, how both parties feel and ways to improve
• Define and agree new relationship rules
• Practice relationship gratitude

• Create a 1-year, 2-year and 5-year plan

With these 8 building blocks in place, you will be taking continuous action steps forward to build a better future together?

There are so many different strategies you can apply to improve your relationship and it’s often the help of a coach that can open up your perspective.?

I would love to help you gain a better understanding of yourself and your relationship dynamic.?

I’m always open to a chat to see if we’re the right fit to work together in some capacity, so please do feel free to get in touch.?

~Steve~