Five Simple Phrases to Build Trust in Your Relationship

It’s hard to underestimate the importance of trust in a relationship. Trust is feeling safe with someone and believing in the strength and stability of your bond. This sense of safety and reliability can only be built over time through hundreds of little moments, every single day, through responsiveness and acceptance. Trust erodes when partners turn away from each other’s bids for connection, when they neglect each other’s rich emotional inner worlds, and when they actively express disregard for each other (knowingly or not).