Ep. 333-Do the Work: Building Stronger Relationships Through Consistency, Growth, and Intentional Love

Healthy relationships don’t happen by accident—they are built through effort, patience, and intentional action. In a world where people often give up too quickly, this message is a reminder that real connection requires commitment, communication, and growth. Whether it’s friendships, family, or romantic relationships, maintaining strong bonds means showing up even when it’s hard. It means listening, understanding, forgiving, and choosing to grow together instead of apart. If you’re ready to strengthen your relationships and create deeper, more meaningful connections, this message will guide and inspire you to do the work that truly matters.


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Speaker 1 (00:19):
This is sp favorite thinking podcast and my name is
SP Favor. How are you doing today? It is Wednesday,
April eight, twenty twenty six. Another wonderful day and another
day to be thankful. And as I always say, if
you focus on what is good, then you can project

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something good to happen when you focus on what is good. Now,
if you are focused on negative things, there's nothing good
in that, So focus on what is good. I hope
that you are having a very good day. And if
you are out, if they're traveling about today, make sure

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you stay focused. Don't be distracted by being on your
cell phone too much in the public. Make sure you pray,
make sure you are simply doing your part to simply
stay safe. I always remind you of these things because
I care because many of us sometimes in the public,
we are distracted by being on our cell phones too much.

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be on. Okay, all right, So the title of this
episode today is do the work building stronger relationships, Do consistency,
growth and intentional love MH. All of us want love

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on different levels, romantically, family, friends, colleague, colleagues, all of
us want to be loved, right, But it is important
for us to understand first that we must love ourselves.
In order to have a healthy relationship with another person.
We must first love ourselves and have a relationship with God. Yes,

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I said, have a relationship with God. Why because how
will you know what love is if you don't know
what love? What love comes from? Love comes from God.
Yes it does, Yes, it does. Love comes from God.
And so in order to properly learn about love and

(04:02):
learn about how to love yourself, I would say, yes,
have a relationship with God. And as you grow and
have a relationship with God, you will learn how to
appropriately have a good relationship with others. Having good relationships
it takes maintenance, It takes work, and we all have

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to do the work to build good relationships. Good relationships
are not found, they are built over time. That's right.
To have a good relationship that flourishes over time, it
has to be built and it has to be maintenance.

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And how should we maintenance our relationships? Well, first we
have to understand that all relationships require almost the same thing. Right.
Everybody wants to be heard, everybody wants to be understood.
Everybody wants to learn how to keep the peace right.

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That's important. Keeping the peace is important. Relationships on all
levels require the same thing, respect, understanding, all of that
good stuff, and we have to do that. We have
to do all of those things by being intentional. We

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have to do all of those things by paying attention.
Whether it's with friends, family, romantic relationships, all relationships can
be healthy. Yes, I said it. All relationships can be healthy.
It doesn't have to be toxic. Relationships can be healthy

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by maintaining strong bonds, showing up when you need to
show up in difficult times, because in difficult times that's
how you find out who a person really is in
difficult times. Anybody could be sweet and nice and loving
when everything's going right. But when things start to go wrong,

(06:16):
whether it be in your life personally or something around
you or your job or whatever, or even within the relationship,
when things go wrong, we have to show up. And
when we show up, we have to decide simply being
willing to do what is good, to do what is right,
to be forgiving, to be loving, to be understanding. We

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have to do that, and the more we are willing,
the more a relationship can grow, the more we are
willing the more a relationship can be fortified. Something that
is fortified is it's like a fortress. It can't be broken,

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it's tied together and is secured. And so every time
you go through a turbulent time, and every time you
go through a little problem in your relationship, a relationship
of any kind, it's an opportunity to grow. It's an
opportunity to show up. It's an opportunity to learn something

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about yourself and the person that you are with. And
like I said, it does not matter what kind of
relationship it is, because if you care about yourself, if
you love yourself, then you do have the capacity to
love others. Okay, So maintaining and strengthening all relationships has

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everything to do with communicating honestly and consistently, because when
we communicate honestly and consistently, we don't assume. We express
our thoughts clearly and we lit and clearly. That's what
we should do. When we practice active listening, we focus

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on understanding, not just responding. Be willing to grow because
personal growth improves relationship quality. Address issues early, don't push
everything under the rug. And what do I mean by that?
For those that don't understand that under the rug means

(08:30):
when you just keep putting things to the side without
talking about it. When you push things to the side
without talking about it, it builds up over time and
then all of a sudden, there's a big explosion of
everything that you haven't talked about. So you don't want
to just push things to the side. Address issues early,

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because small problems become big ones when those smart small
problems are ignored. Show appreciate regularly because gratitude keeps relationships
strong and positive. Respect boundaries because a healthy space is

(09:11):
essential for a long term connection. Nobody should be held
emotionally hostage. That's right. Everybody has to have a balance
of everything. We have to balance how we eat, balance
how we spend time with others, balance out everything that
we do with moderation. So that applies even in a relationship.

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So make sure you understand that respecting boundaries is simply
giving the person that space that they need for themselves
so that they can replenish the way they want to
replenish themselves. Because we all are different, nobody operates the
same way. We all have to also be accountable. When

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we are accountable, we create a healthy space for long
term connections. When we are accountable as well, we own
our mistakes and apologize sincerely. Yes, we we we create

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long term connections and we own our mistakes and apologize sincerely.
That's right, That's that's what happens when we are accountable.
And of course, as I just stated, when we respect boundaries.
Mm hmm, invest time intentionally. When you invest time intentionally,

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quality time builds deeper emotional bonds. When you invest time intentionally,
you are creating a space to learn more about the
person that you are with. And as I stated, it
does not have to be romantic. It could simply be
a friendship. Because if you care about yourself and you

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love yourself, and you have the capacity to love others,
then do it being intentional, support each other's goals, celebrate wins,
and encourage progress. Always by speaking life. Don't speak critical words,
harsh words, malicious words. Be encouraging, be refreshing, be enlightening

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and inspiring so that that person can receive what is
needed from you in that relationship, because supporting one another's
goals is vitally important in the connection that you have
with that person. And lastly, choose consistency over convenience, because

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strong relationships are built daily, not just when it's easy.
We all can talk about what we would do if
we never experience certain things, but when those certain hard
things happen, you have to show up. You have to
decide to do the things that are best, and you

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have to show up to simply be your best. As
we do the work every single day, we wake up
on ourselves by being accountable according to how we think,
what we do, how we speak, then we can in

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turn be an asset and not a liability to somebody else.
We can be better friends, better sisters, better husbands, better mothers,
better neighbors, better strangers when we do the work. Everything
that I mentioned has everything to do with you simply

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just being a better you every time you decide to
communicate honestly, practice good listening, being willing to grow, addressing
issues early, showing appreciation, respecting boundaries, being accountable and investing
time intentionally and also supporting that person's goals, and choosing

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to be consistent. Guess what you're doing. The work on
you as well as the relationship. So I just wanted
to come on and remind you of something to think about.
I haven't done any episodes over the last two weeks.
Had to take a quick break, But I am here

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and I just want you to understand that as you
invest and the thing you want to experience, you will
experience what you project. So continue to have a good day.
Make sure you focus on what is good, make sure
you pray, Make sure you do those things that bring

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light to a situation and not darkness or gloom or doom.
Make sure you show consideration and not selfishness in that relationship,
because when you are a considerate person, that shows that

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you care. And so we all have a choice to
make when it comes to how we function, and we
don't have to be in a downward position. Being in
a downward position is a choice when something happens and
it doesn't feel good, it's a choice to operate in

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a downward person. We can maintain optimistic attitudes, we can
think positive, and we can be problem solvers. Yes, we
can be problem solvers. We don't have to be what
it's called problem initiators. We can be problem solvers. And

(15:22):
the way to be a problem solver is to simply
take a moment, be accountable for you to bring light
to a situation and not more darkness or craziness. So
on that note, I'm going to conclude this episode of
SB Favorite Thinking podcast and I just wanted to come
on and remind you of something that was good. I hope,

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like I said, you have a very good day and
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a good day