A lot of people feel trapped in a dissatisfying or troubled marriage. They feel powerless to ‘fix’ it because their spouse refuses to join them in counselling or a marriage enrichment course. Yet [...]
When Gwenyth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their intention to ‘consciously uncouple’ in 2014, it was not their divorce that captured public attention, but the unusual phrasing. However, the [...]
When Gwenyth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced their intention to ‘consciously uncouple’ earlier in 2014, it was not their divorce that captured public attention, but the unusual phrasing. [...]
When couples marry they rightly expect that there will be a willing participation in a shared life together across a range of activities including sexual intimacy, intimate conversation and [...]
Most marriage counselling and education focuses on conflict and incompatibility. It seeks to help couples find constructive ways of dealing with challenges in the relationship. It’s a ‘damage [...]
Relationships thrive when trust is strong. But how do we build it in the first instance, and then recover it if we’ve lost it? Here are three tips to help you build trust and hold on to it. 1. [...]
Did you know it’s possible to have many marriages within one relationship? We go from the “newlywed marriage” of building a life together, to the “new parents marriage” of building a little [...]
Let’s face it. Those closest to us are the ones that know how to annoy us the most. They know exactly which buttons to push, and exactly how much they can push them. But did you know that, [...]
Sex can be a lot of fun, but is that all it’s supposed to be? The best it can be? In the wider culture, sex is seen primarily as a recreational activity – something we do together for fun. When [...]
Arrrghhhh! Sometimes our husband or wife can be SOOOO frustrating! It can seem like they intentionally push our ‘hot buttons’ just to get us going. Why is that those closest to us seem to annoys [...]