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12 Ways to Fall in Love all Over Again - Turning Towards Your Partner

Conscious Commerce • December 17, 2020
  1. Take a walk hand in hand.
  2. Send flirty texts to each other throughout the day.
  3. Listen to understand.
  4. Pay attention to your partner more than you pay attention to your phone and/or TV.
  5. Reminisce about your favourite memories together.
  6. Share a six-second kiss, often.
  7. Focus on the positive qualities of each other by writing them down and posting them around the house or sending them via text throughout the week
  8. Show appreciation by saying "Thank you" and "I appreciate all you do".
  9. Dream together. Create a dream board where you jot down your goals or things you want to do as a couple
  10. Express the positive qualities you see in each other for 60 seconds or more
  11. Brainstorm a list of shared interests and start a new hobby together
  12. Say "I love you".

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