Have you had this gut feeling that something is not quite right in your relationship? Do you suspect your partner is dishonest with you? When entering a relationship, no one thinks about the hard things it may lead to, such as infidelity or micro-cheating. You can’t prevent cheating from happening in your relationship. Still, you […]
Years ago, I was in an unhealthy relationship. One could even say it was toxic, and they would not be wrong. When I met that guy, I thought I had hit the jackpot with him. In the beginning, our relationship seemed pretty normal. All couples fight, but our fights were minor and quickly solved. However,
If there’s one thing that will help a man develop an emotional desire for you, it’s triggering his hero instinct. You might have heard dating coaches talk about it, but how does hero instinct work? Can triggering it turn your relationship into a fairy tale with a happily ever after? What is the hero instinct?
It can be challenging to spot the signs of a toxic relationship. For most of us, our perception of an unhealthy relationship is an overtly abusive one. However, toxic behavior can be much more subtle. How can you determine whether what’s bothering you is just a rough patch or something more sinister is going on
Toxic relationships aren’t fun. They mess with your mind and make you feel worthless. If you found yourself in such a situation, you are probably wondering how to fix a toxic relationship. And is it even worth fixing? It depends on every individual case. The good news is that you can always break free and
Have you ever felt like communication between you and your partner is never what you would like it to be? You feel separated from them so many times during your conversation. You are trying to connect with them, to express your feelings, emotions and share what you think. But sometimes you feel like the words
All relationships at one point in time have complications and intimacy issues. Fixing these complications would be the smart and right thing to do for a healthy, happy, successful relationship. However, many people resist and put off communicating with their partners about their problems which can lead to your intimate relationship struggling. Through personal experience
Idealisation in relationships is characterised as the glorification of your partner. Especially in new relationships, we can all be guilty of idealising your partner whilst still in that sweet, sweet honeymoon period. It can be fantastic. You have found the light in the darkness, the sun to your sky, you feel as though everything that
I have this friend. Let’s call her Sarah. Sarah is smart, successful, beautiful and happily married, or so I thought. Over coffee one afternoon, she blurted out a confession that had clearly been niggling at her for a while, like a little tick burrowing in to her conscience. “I’m just so bored,” she sighed. “We never
As a love and relationship coach, one of the most common complaints I hear from clients and friends is, “I don’t feel loved.” Well, that just doesn’t work! You deserve to feel loved because, quite honestly, it can change how you feel about everything in life. Here are three empowering questions that will take you
It can often seem that the longer a relationship goes on the easier it is to find fault with it. Getting stuck in a routine can sometimes lead us to view our partner with unjustified resentment, simply because we no longer get the same sense of excitement we did at the beginning of the relationship.
Give and take. Three short words, which we all know are meant to be the cornerstone of healthy and loving relationship. But it isn’t always easy to put them into practice. We can often get overwhelmed with day-to-day responsibilities of one sort or another: work, childcare, household chores, trying to maintain a social life, whatever it
I’ve always loved Olly Murs and seeing him in concert made me really tune in and listen to his lyrics. I’ve never not raised my hand when Olly does his shoutout to all the single ladies in the room. When I, amongst the other 15,999, heard the ‘Troublemaker’ singer introduce and serenade the arena with
Finally, after a long search you felt like you found your soulmate. It took you hard work and moments of despair, but you jumped on the relationship train. And now after several years of living together you’ve stumbled upon relationship challenges: something broke down and it seems that it is not easy to fix it.
When you’re in a long-term relationship, it’s easy to get into a rut. Your way of life becomes monotonous and you may not even realize things are starting to go downhill. Let’s take a look at the most common long-term relationship mistakes people make and most importantly, how to avoid them! 1. Time alone? What’s that!?
There is no point in sugar-coating it. Maintaining a long distance relationship can be the hardest obstacle a couple can encounter. But why does the thought of being long distance fill so many people with dread? The answer is that unfortunately a long distance relationship brings to the surface every anxiety a person might have
Infatuation can come in many different ways, but it always starts with some sort of butterflies. You may call it a hormone storm if you like. Next thing you know you start building expectations, projecting your feelings to the future and defining possible ‘us’ and start considering yourself being in a relationship. You naturally build an emotional attachment
It is a commonly yet bewitchingly odd belief that many of us seem to carry the assumption that our significant other has somehow acquired the superhero-esque quality of understanding their partner by using mind reading. Yes. We know this one don’t we?! This simple, yet oh so chaotic, telepathic tangle. That somehow, without any words
‘He changed my life’, ‘I can’t breathe without my partner’, ‘I’d give up anything for love’. Surely you’ve heard these phrases before or even said that yourself. Are they really healthy to be told or believed in? I want to talk to you about things that get in the way of having a healthy relationship.
Everyone desires love. Some find it in nature, activities, animals, people around them and even themselves. The last one is a different kind of love, the base of it. When you hear the sentence: “You first start by loving yourself”, it’s hard to believe or digest it, especially if you are stuck in a less