Communicate openly and honestly. Always.
We all know this: verbal communication is key for human relationships. Yet so often we fail to say things we should, we get misunderstood and misunderstand each other. Why does...
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How your parents loved you as a child, and each other (or didn’t) still impacts your love life. Here is how.
We learn about love and relationship from our parents, or guardians – first and foremost. The patterns we pick at that early age are often repeated and re-lived throughout our...
(Un)realistic expectations
We all operate with some level of expectation from others – friends, family, partners, work colleagues, potential dates, even people who serve us in shops or restaurants. And in all...
What is real love like?
How about a bit of science to explain love? It’s not easy to quantify and explain emotions and psychological states – but this theory developed by psychologist Robert Sternberg can really help...
I love you, but I can’t stand you
Sometimes we are so in love with someone, and yet we disapprove of their life choices and lifestyle. We so much want to be with this person, but they’re clearly...
Long distance dating: pros and cons
Long distance relationships are becoming more and more common. We now have apps, chats, texts, emails, video-calls – it seems so easy to connect with someone who lives miles away...
Why are relationships such hard work?
Christmas is a time when we celebrate love, peace and harmony. A time when we are supposed to feel blissfully connected with our partners, family and all our loved ones....
The trouble with unconditional love
Unconditional love is the holy grail of all mankind. It’s that one pure form of love we all strive for. It’s often equated with motherly love, because we believe that...
Role-playing in relationships
Are we playing the right roles in our relationships? Are we friends to our friends, and partners to our spouses? Are we parents to our children? I know it may sound confusing – how can we not be? – but many times in relationships we play roles which are not appropriate and healthy for that type of relationship. We become friends to our children, and parents to our parents, or therapists to our partners or friends.
It’s over… but you don’t feel like leaving
What happens when a relationship runs its natural course? You’ve had happy so-in-love times, then you had some OK times, then somehow something started to change, and – before you...