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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on improving relationships.

47 doctors weighed in across 45 answers

Health: Health haiku: set goals for your health, enlist family and friends, together you thrive.

Answered 2/24/2018

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You: You don't have to win arguments always. You actually lose more by doing so.

Answered 7/11/2014

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Dr. William Harris answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Don't: Don't settle for one birthday day - give 7 birthday gifts for his or her birthday week!

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. William Harris answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Never: Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

Answered 7/14/2014

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The: The most interesting person you talk to, is them, not you.

Answered 3/16/2013

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Learn:: Learn: you can only change yourself, not others. Forget those who devalue you. You know your worth!

Answered 2/27/2014

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"U: "you marry 3 people: the one you think they are, the one they are & the one they become married to you.".

Answered 3/18/2014

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Avoid: Avoid phrases like "you always" or "you never" when having difference of opinion.

Answered 7/28/2014

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Do: Do little nice things for your partner.

Answered 4/14/2014

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Put: Put a love note on your partner's place at dinner, or on the bathroom mirror, or any place.

Answered 4/30/2017

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Try: Try surprising those closest to you with hand written notes in places they are sure to find.

Answered 7/25/2014

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Try: Try a "tech" timeout, where you and others put away phones, tv, etc and interact like our ancestors!

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Never: Never go to bed angry with a loved one; work out the issue before sleep.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. Robert Lowe answered

Specializes in Pediatric Rheumatology

Try: Try a new sport or activity together with a loved one.

Answered 2/20/2014

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Dr. Ralph Morgan Lewis answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Use: Use non-personal phrases like "it upsets me when…" in disagreements.

Answered 5/14/2014

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Try: Try pleasing the other person first and see that they will most likely return the gesture.

Answered 3/29/2013

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Dr. Eyal Simchi answered

Specializes in Pediatric Dentistry

Bad: Bad breath can ruin a good relationship...Ask your dentist for advice on how to improve your breath.

Answered 3/29/2013

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Dr. Suzanne Fiala answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Friends: Friends are valuable. Friendships like flowers need care. So they will blossom.

Answered 5/12/2016

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Dr. William Harris answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Always: Always remember that when you help someone else, it make you feel better: win-win!

Answered 4/2/2013

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Dr. William Harris answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Everybody: Everybody thinks they are right. Knowing this from the start will help you deal with them.

Answered 4/2/2013

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Dr. William Harris answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Don't: Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

Answered 1/11/2015

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Dr. Steven Charlap answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Let: Let your partner make the small decisions, and you the large ones, and call all the decisions small.

Answered 5/22/2014

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What: What people remember a year after a fight is how they were treated, not what the fight was about.

Answered 5/10/2016

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Don't: Don't be reactive in conflict. Just take 5 seconds to consider what you are about to say.

Answered 9/23/2013

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Smile.: Smile. People more quickly and positively engage conversation with someone with a happy face!

Answered 10/27/2015

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Talk: Talk with your partner with eye contact and always be honest.

Answered 2/20/2015

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Nothing: Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain.

Answered 7/23/2013

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Dr. Ihab Ibrahim answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Playing: Playing and laughing will improve the relationship..If the target is play, laughter & innocence.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Love: Love is the fire that keeps the soul warm.

Answered 4/7/2014

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Relationships: Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

Answered 10/6/2014

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Money: Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life!

Answered 8/17/2018

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Dr. Barbara Lavi answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

Moves: Moves can be exciting, but stressful and bring you down. Family therapy can help turn things around.

Answered 8/10/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Kind: Kind words can be short & easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless!.

Answered 11/5/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Have: Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. Char.Dickens.

Answered 2/23/2014

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Affection: Affection is responsible for 9/10's of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our life!

Answered 8/14/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Only: Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile! "albert einstein".

Answered 8/15/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Nothing: Nothing about love is perfect. Love is sharing and treasuring imperfections.

Answered 11/17/2015

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Success: Success is not worth having unless u have loved ones to share it with.

Answered 8/27/2013

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Dr. Ihab Ibrahim answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Words: Words combined in ways she's never heard bring feelings that tingle, open eyes, and a smiling sigh.

Answered 9/2/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Deception: Deception is not worth the price one pays.

Answered 9/2/2013

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Dr. Ihab Ibrahim answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Sustained: Sustained happiness requires growth and adventuring beyond boundaries of your comfort zone.

Answered 9/6/2013

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

All: All genuine relationships are rooted in trust.

Answered 9/3/2013

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

A: A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Answered 9/4/2013

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

A: A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Ihab Ibrahim answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Instead: Instead of wishing you could start all over again, or thinking you can't, just do it!

Answered 10/24/2013

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