Healthy Relationship Check-In Framework

Create a relationship check-in framework I can use with my partner regularly.

Relationship type: [ROMANTIC PARTNER / CO-PARENTS / LONG DISTANCE / NEW / LONG-TERM]
Current state: [GREAT / GOOD / STRAINED / STRUGGLING / REBUILDING]

Goal: [MAINTAIN CONNECTION / IMPROVE COMMUNICATION / RESOLVE CONFLICT / PREVENT DRIFT]

Provide:
1. **Weekly Check-In Template**: A 20-minute structured conversation format
2. **Appreciation Practice**: How to express gratitude and recognition regularly
3. **Issue Raising**: How to bring up problems without triggering defensiveness
4. **Active Listening Guide**: How to truly hear each other (not just wait to respond)
5. **Love Language Review**: Understanding and meeting each other's needs
6. **Conflict Resolution Protocol**: A fair fighting framework for disagreements
7. **Fun & Connection**: How to maintain fun and intimacy in a busy life
8. **Division of Labour Review**: Regular rebalancing of household and emotional labour
9. **Goal Alignment**: Checking in on shared goals and individual needs
10. **When to Get Help**: Signs that you need a couples therapist and how to suggest it

Create a relationship check-in framework I can use with my partner regularly.

Relationship type: [ROMANTIC PARTNER / CO-PARENTS / LONG DISTANCE / NEW / LONG-TERM]
Current state: [GREAT / GOOD / STRAINED / STRUGGLING / REBUILDING]
Goal: [MAINTAIN CONNECTION / IMPROVE COMMUNICATION / RESOLVE CONFLICT / PREVENT DRIFT]

Provide:
1. **Weekly Check-In Template**: A 20-minute structured conversation format
2. **Appreciation Practice**: How to express gratitude and recognition regularly
3. **Issue Raising**: How to bring up problems without triggering defensiveness
4. **Active Listening Guide**: How to truly hear each other (not just wait to respond)
5. **Love Language Review**: Understanding and meeting each other's needs
6. **Conflict Resolution Protocol**: A fair fighting framework for disagreements
7. **Fun & Connection**: How to maintain fun and intimacy in a busy life
8. **Division of Labour Review**: Regular rebalancing of household and emotional labour
9. **Goal Alignment**: Checking in on shared goals and individual needs
10. **When to Get Help**: Signs that you need a couples therapist and how to suggest it