Amicable Separation Guidance: A Compassionate Path to Conscious Closure in 2026
Hi, I’m Tracy, and I want to ask: what if the end of your marriage didn’t have to feel like a battlefield? While 42% of marriages are projected to…
Relationships
How A Couple Can Overcome The Challenges with Intimacy Caused By Menopause
At 52, menopause arrived at my doorstep uninvited. I knew the day would come eventually, but I still felt slightly unsettled when she arrived. As a couples therapist and a qualified nurse, I often help couples adjust to the changes in their relationship due to menopause. It is slightly different when it happens to you! “I’m the …
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Why Vulnerability is Key to Building Intimacy in Your Relationship
We all crave intimacy, but it can be challenging if you need clarification on what it means. According to Esther Perel, a relationship expert who specialises in intimacy issues in relationships, intimacy means sharing your innermost thoughts, feelings, and desires with someone else. This means more than just sex—it also includes the ability to talk about …
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Six Reasons Why Men Only Reach Out For Help In Their Relationship When It Is Almost Too Late.
Men are not often known for their emotional openness. As a result, many men are prone to hiding their emotions and feelings from others—even those closest to them. The reasons why they do this vary, but often it’s because they feel as though they will be judged or criticised if they show their true feelings. …
7 Techniques to help you reconnect after an argument.
Arguments are bound to happen in any relationship. Even if you are a new couple, you will someday eventually have your first argument. Though arguing is a normal part of any relationship, how and where you argue as well as how you recover and reconnect, can make or break your relationship. When repairing your relationship …
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Six ways to ensure your relationship will survive financial difficulties.
With the global financial crisis at our door, the time has come for us to focus on our relationships more than ever. Here are my Six ways to ensure your relationship will survive financial difficulties. Have you heard the saying that love goes out the door when money disappears? I often hear from clients when …
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Ten triggers I see most as a Couple’s Therapist.
In relationships, we feel emotionally reactive or triggered by something our partner does or says. Emotional triggers can develop from our insecurities or when someone hurt us in the past. It can be a problem when we react emotionally instead of staying calm and communicating exactly why we are feeling triggered. Here are the Top …
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Why do couples argue about money?
Here are the top 10 reasons why couples argue about money in a relationship. One of the most common complaints from couples argue about money. Constant arguing is also one of the leading causes of relationships breaking down. Money is integral to our lives; we can’t survive without it. It is our emotional response to …
5 Signs your relationship isn’t working
So many of you are writing in about your relationships and how you know if your relationships are working or not. So I am going to share 5 things that are signs that your relationship isn’t working. Recognising this is critical, even if it is hard to accept. 1. YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE YOURSELF In …
How to Encourage Communication Within Your Relationship
Relationships can be hard work sometimes. Especially when there are external stressors resulting in further pressure on the individuals in the partnership. When issues arise within your relationship, do you communicate with your other half? Or do you retreat into yourself? How long do issues go before they end up boiling to the surface, resulting …
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