How to Build Trust in a Relationship

Feel like trust is slipping through your fingers, or struggling to rebuild it after it’s been broken? This book is your roadmap to safety, honesty, and connection.

Whether you’re in a long-term relationship, dating with purpose, or healing from betrayal, How to Build Trust in a Relationship will guide you step by step through what it takes to create a love that lasts, one built on mutual respect, emotional safety, and deep, lasting trust.

Written by bestselling relationship coach Sophie Hartman, this transformative guide is packed with emotionally intelligent insight, real-world stories, and practical tools you can start using today, no matter where you are in your relationship journey.

In this powerful and compassionate book, you’ll learn:
✔️ Why trust is the foundation of all healthy relationships, and how it’s created (or broken) over time
✔️ The three types of trust every relationship needs to thrive
✔️ How to rebuild trust after betrayal, dishonesty, or emotional distance
✔️ Daily habits that strengthen emotional security, reliability, and openness
✔️ How to create emotional safety and stop trust-eroding patterns like defensiveness, avoidance, or jealousy
✔️ What real apologies sound like, and how to repair trust in real time
✔️ How to raise your standards and set boundaries that honour your worth

You’ll also find tools like:
🔹 The “Relationship Trust Map” self-assessment
🔹 The “Self-Trust Recovery Journal” for those healing after hurt
🔹 The “Trust Talk Ritual” for weekly couple check-ins
🔹 Real stories of couples who rebuilt trust from the ground up
🔹 Reflection prompts and takeaways in every chapter

Whether you’re navigating a difficult season or proactively strengthening a healthy relationship, this book will help you:
🌱 Feel emotionally safe with your partner
🌱 Heal from past betrayals or broken bonds
🌱 Learn how to speak honestly without harming connection
🌱 Create a relationship that feels deeply secure, loving, and alive

You don’t have to be perfect to be trustworthy. You just have to be willing to show up, honestly, consistently, and with care.

If you’re ready to rebuild or deepen trust in your relationship, this is your starting point.