"A healthy relationship will never require you to sacrifice your friends, your dreams, or your dignity."

Every relationship is unique, and people come together for many different reasons. Part of what defines a healthy relationship is sharing a common goal for exactly what you want the relationship to be and where you want it to go. And that’s something you’ll only know by talking deeply and honestly with your partner.

Healthy relationships involve honesty, trust, respect and open communication between partners and they take effort and compromise from both people. There is no imbalance of power. Partners respect each other's independence, can make their own decisions without fear of retaliation, and share decisions.

Healthy relationship may not look the same for everyone as people have different needs. However, there are fundamental...