In my work as a therapist, I see daily examples of relationships slowly dying-and occasionally exploding.

While tragic, these examples give me some insight into a common set of factors that tend to ruin relationships. And with a little reverse engineering, they also shed light on how we might strengthen and improve relationships.

I've taken these factors and combined them with with my own training as psychologist to come up with five practical tips anyone can use to improve the quality of your most important relationships.