Four Reasons Why A Loving Relationship Is Good For You....

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Who is your favourite human?

Go on, picture them. The first face that floats into your mind before your eyes are even properly open in the morning. The one you call to share your good news, your silly stories and your daily gossip. Hold that person in your mind, because this one is about them.

We move through so many kinds of love in a single day. Our partners, our children, the co-worker who gets us through the shift, even a kind stranger on the commute home. These little moments of connection are quietly shaping who we are, and it turns out they are keeping us healthy too. As Kendra Cherry puts it, people with healthy relationships tend to have better health outcomes, healthier habits, and even lower mortality rates.

We all know love is good for the soul. But let’s talk about four ways it is genuinely good for the body.

1. Good Heart Health

I know how my heart reacts when Mr Loverboy is around, how about you? The heart starts to race, causing the brain to release dopamine, norepinephrine and adrenaline. These hormones are responsible for allowing you to feel pleasure and satisfaction.

2. Lower Blood Pressure

It has been said that being in love tends to decrease our stress responses, which can in turn lower blood pressure. Studies have shown that a strong love bond can improve your blood pressure whilst being alone or being around strangers can cause it to increase. Those is favour of greater heart health say Aye...AYE!!!

3. More Physically Fit

It’s hard enough trying to motivate yourself to workout and to eat healthy, the support from a partner or a good friend can give you the necessary boost to stay on track. I'm definitely a victim to my own motivation as I find that I am more likely to attend a gym session if my partner or a friend is there with me.

4. You Live Longer

Being in a loving relationship works wonders for your mental health and creates healthy habits that tends to increase longevity. Love and overall wellbeing reduces stress, which can also strengthen your immune system.

So yes, loving relationships make us happy, but they are quietly doing so much more than that. From a stronger heart to a longer, fuller life. What more could you really ask for? Give me the simple pleasures of good love, good people and happy memories any day.

So here is your homework, and it is the easiest I’ll ever set you. Go and tell your favourite person that you love them. Right now, before you forget. Then come back and tell me who they are and why, because I want this comment section full of love today.