Today’s success tip comes from Dr John Gray.

Author of Men Are From Mars Women Are From Venus, Dr John Gray is one of the most sought-after international media identities and celebrities. John established Mars Venus Coaching, which has grown into a multimillion-dollar global franchise.

What is something you can do on a daily basis to improve the quality of your relationship?

There are so many things all of us can do every day, no matter how happy or unhappy our relationship is. If I were to pick out one key thing for men and one key thing for women to do on a daily basis to improve their relationships, it would be:

Men - listen! You don’t have to offer solutions to your partner’s troubles or worries - you just have to listen. When women are stressed or upset, the way they deal with it is to talk. They need to verbalise how they are feeling and they simply want their partner to validate their concerns by listening. Men often feel compelled to find a solution to their partner’s woes to ‘prove’ themselves, but this is not what a woman wants. A simple listening ear is all she is asking of you most of the time. So, listen up!

Women - give your partner the space he needs. When men are stressed or upset they don’t want to talk it over. The first thing a man wants to do is retreat into his ‘cave’. By this he’s saying he needs some time and space to himself - physically, mentally or emotionally - to work out in his mind what is bothering him. This process may take 15 minutes reading the paper after he comes home from work, or it may take a weekend spent in the shed working on a project. Whatever it is, women need to try and respect his need for space and wait for him to come to them to talk things over after he returns from his cave.

Another way to improve a relationship is to attend a relationship seminar or enlist the help of a relationship or life coach. While these things may seem like something you would do only if your relationship was an unhappy one, they can also benefit couples in happy relationships.

The new understanding and appreciation of the opposite sex that people get from attending a workshop with one of my coaches makes a huge difference to their relationships. Even those who thought they knew their partner well and were happy together report major changes in how they communicate and how satisfying their relationship becomes after gaining these insights.

Welcome to the blog on the second week of our honeymoon. We would like to take you with us as we continue to share our experiences on Magnetic Island in Qld, Australia.

We left Noosa on the Sunshine Coast and drove early in the morning to the Brisbane airport. From here we caught a flight to Townsville, a shuttle bus to the port and then a Ferry across to Magnetic Island.

The colours of the water were absolutely beautiful. We were blessed to stay in the One Bright Point – Mantra on Magnetic Island, right next to where the ferry arrives.

We hired a small car so that we were free to explore all of the different parts of the island. There are some dirt roads, which are off limits to the popular Mokes that a lot of people hire and so we chose a car that had no limits to it.

We explored down every road and walked down many of the tracks throughout the island. We swam in each of the little bays that we saw.

The colours, the wildlife and the reef were amazing! We went out on a reef cruise and got to swim with the beautiful coloured fish and to see the stunningly different types, colours and sizes of coral!

We also were excited to be able to snorkel around the Island itself and to enjoy many types of colourful fish and corals within walking distance from the beaches! Amazing!!!

We have included some photos below for you to see some of what we enjoyed. Magnetic Island is somewhere that we hope to go back to regularly and a place that we would highly recommend to everyone to go to!

Until next time.

To your success and fulfilment in life!

More soon!
Leanne Annett

Welcome to our first blog for the iLifeStyleClub. We would like to take you on the journey with us over the coming weeks, months and years as we move together towards fulfilling our hopes and dreams and getting the most out of this wonderful gift of life! May we be able to learn from each other as we each move towards our goals and our ultimate lifestyle!

Life goes by so very quickly and each day I am learning the importance of slowing down and enjoying the journey. Life is so much more than just rushing towards some destination and goal. The real meaning in life is found by learning to enjoy the journey and those that we are blessed to do life with!

I recently had the honour of marrying my best friend, Greg. (You will also be blessed to hear from Greg sometimes.) We are still enjoying getting to really know each other and loving each other more every day.
I thought that we could share with you part of our honeymoon….

We enjoyed the first week of our honeymoon in Noosa on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
You can see us in the photos below. We devoured scrumptious mushy pea, meat pies.
We relaxed and soaked in the hot spa.
We had a lovely day at Australia Zoo (the home of Steve Irwin). You can see me feeding the elephant (that was fun!) and Greg and I jumping next to the photo of Steve!

We had relaxing walks along the beach and through the national parks. We even enjoyed a New Zealand Natural smoothie first thing in the morning…. Yum!

We will continue the story of our honeymoon next time. So be sure to return and find out where we went for our second week of our honeymoon!

The best part of life is the journey. So pause today, remember to smile at a stranger, to tell someone that you love them and to enjoy being YOU!

To your success in life!
Chat soon.

Leanne Annett