WHAT LOVE IS NOT AND WHAT LOVE IS (EXTRACT FROM MAY TEACHINGS).

Excessive use of the phone or social media is not only detrimental to general body health, mental wellness, and day-to-day living; it could also put a strain on your marital relationship with damaging effects. When either or both partners in a marital relationship are struggling with excessive use of social media or phones, it will sabotage their time for good communication, and that will take a negative turn on the quality of their relationship because of the emotional gap it will create.

Communication comprises both verbal and non-verbal types. Verbal communication involves talking and texting, while body language is one of the ways of communicating non-verbally, as body language is the use of physical expression, actions, and manners to communicate rather than voicing it. The elements of body language are facial expression, touch, gesture, use of space, posture, eye movement, and more.

Many a time, the barrier to effective communication is not an intellectual gap but ambiguity. For effective communication to take root in a marital relationship, intimate partners must embrace simplicity in their communication style.