Here’s the thing .. you meet someone , you fall crazy in love, you want to spend all your time with them .. it feels amazing! And as you get to know each other love changes from those heady hormonal stages to becoming friends, companions – life starts to happen – every day stuff and […]
Conflict – it happens in most relationships – whether it’s loud and shouty or it’s general disagreement or you both skirt around the issue in a passive aggressive kind of manner – it’s conflict and sometimes it creates healing and resolution when things get brought up and other times it escalates or drags on – […]
It’s a common theme in the clinic room – It’s a communication breakdown – but strangely enough talking may not be enough. Because communication is so much more than conversation! While it may sound a bit cliché there is actually a set of love languages – and the science shows that how people like to […]
This month I have been reminding individuals that relationships – they take work! And it seemed appropriate in December, as on the one hand it’s a key proposal month, but on the other hand it’s when more marriages split than any other … the new year is always a busy time for my family law […]
This is a question which people individually and as couples bring up a lot in sessions. They are already evaluating their relationship and therefore it is common to start to think – how does this compare to others? Of course the fact is there is no generic normal .. yes there might be stats on […]
August is the month for ‘Keeping Romance Alive 😊’ – it’s also the relaunch of my website … so it’s all about keeping things fresh … And keeping it fresh in your relationships is vital to ensure you stay strong together and avoid the killer of all things romantic and passionate – complacency! Initially relationships […]
It’s a New Year , a New Start .. this time of year always feels like we can re-write things and make changes …
So, it appears it has been a while since my last blog – I believe I mentioned back in August that we had just then lost my mum … and since then life has been very much off kilter. I have planned restarts and then lost momentum or motivation. It is only in the last […]
Ego – something we all have. Something we associate with perhaps more negative vibes such as bragging or showing off .. something that can b
Last time I wrote about how we often step out of a relationship with someone before it’s ended and this can be confusing for us to then make
When we are unsure about a relationship we can tend to have a habit of distancing ourselves. It’s quite normal to want to protect ourselves
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