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Articles on relationships, family and wellbeing.
Adaptability in Relationships
It is important to be adaptable in your relationship. It can make a difference in a successful relationship. Adaptability means things don’t always have to go our way. Maybe your partner agreed to meet you after work for a night out. You’ve been looking forward to it all day. You haven’t spent time...
Responsibilities in Relationships
The biggest lie couples buy into is choosing someone that makes them happy. You’ve probably heard this for most of your life. You find someone you think will make you happy. They make you laugh. You feel good when you’re with them. They put you 1st in the beginning. They take you out. Everything is...
Being in a relationship is more than telling each other “I love you”
How do you show each other “I love you”? One person’s idea of being shown they are loved might be different for someone else. You can ask your partner what says to them they are loved? It might be bringing them a hot drink in the morning or a kiss before they go to work […]
Importance of Families
Families are important and there is nothing more beautiful than being accepted, supported and loved by your family but even the happiest Families can have issues with the different personalities of each family member. As kids become teenagers, they like to exercise their voice and they don’t follow...
Listening In Relationships
Do you stop what you’re doing to really listen or does one person keep doing what they were doing regardless? Do you forget what your partner told you moments after you’ve walked away? Do you make each other a priority? Do you make sure you do things together at home? Are you interested in each […]
Acceptance In Relationships
Do you remember the things that attracted you to your partner in the beginning? The things you thought were charming aren’t so charming any more. Now they’re the very things that annoy you. Maybe your spontaneous partner doesn’t stick to plans. You might find it hard now to nail them down to date ni...
Distance in Relationships
If there is distance felt in the relationship, don’t ignore it. What is the emotional connection like? Is there emotional intimacy? Do you hold hands, cuddle, kiss passionately, hold each other in bed? Do you both take time out together? Or does it feel like there is a high demand for physical intim...
How Considerate Are You In Your Relationship?
It is normal to tell your partner you love them. You think about them and think “Yes I love them.” But where is the evidence that you love them?” Is it simply enough to say “I love you” or is there more we should be doing. If your partner said “I don’t like the amount […]
Families
Families are meant to be a place of refuge and security but sometimes personalities, pain and life, in general, can get in the way of this. Some children have to live in 2 homes with 2 sets of parents and 2 sets of brothers and sisters. Maybe in one household, they’re the baby but in […]
Shame: How Does It Affect Relationships?
When you’re happy, this shows on the outside as does anger however, shame is internalised and felt as low self-worth and low self-esteem but can present as anger and aggression. Shame can start right back in childhood or adolescence due to messages we receive about ourselves from our parents, relati...
How Do I Convince My Partner To Join Me In Couples Counselling?
If you’ve been thinking you both need couples counselling because your relationship feels stale, stuck, you don’t feel connected anymore, there’s ongoing conflict and now you’re walking on egg shells, you are both doing activities independently and not making time for each other, sleeping in separat...
Narcissistic marriage problems
Whether you are still in a relationship with a Narcissist or have left such a relationship, do you recognise the signs of Narcissism or the narcissistic marriage problems you may be experiencing? Narcissists are extremely insecure and therefore they not only expect but demand their partner’s full at...