Tag: relationships
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How to Survive Your First Valentine’s Day after a Divorce or Break-Up
Valentine’s day can be a terrible time of year when one is recently divorced, separated, or coming out of a breakup. Realize that much of the day is a marketing ploy where people who do not have a partner can be made to feel excluded because they are missing something.
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6 ways to enjoy a more authentic relationship with your partner
If we have learned over the past year, it is gratitude for the simple things in life. With almost a year without enjoying some of the usual things we all take for granted, like a coffee with a friend, a meal out with your partner or spouse or a trip to the theatre and lots…
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Nourishing our relationships in this tricky time
“It is not our purpose to become each other, it is to recognise each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is” Hermann Hesse Relationships may not always be a bed of roses, and just like a bed of roses they take constant time and commitment to remove the…
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Tension and crisis in a relationship
How do we deal with very strong feelings towards our partner – anger? resentment? jealousy? vulnerability? The great thing about romantic partners is that they manage to push our buttons like nobody else, and that’s why relationships can be so difficult. If we can trust that these challenges can also teach us something about ourselves, we…
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Life in transit
Life in transit can be enhancing to the dialogue of a couple. Equally, it can become a threat and create lack of trust. A whole other life takes place while either or both sides of the couple are on separate travel conveyor belts. As familiar to the one travelling as the life in their home,…
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Are you getting your needs met in your relationship?
Humans being are social animals. We need other people to survive and to thrive. How many people and what sort of contact we need varies from person to person but we all have relational needs. In our culture we tend to set a value on some things above others and create social norms that are…