This Valentines Day mental health expert Noel McDermott offers his expert tips for maintaining a healthy relationship. In addition to the traditional romantic meal and floral bouquet, he stresses we should make time to understand what makes a relationship roadworthy and how to better deal with life’s challenges together. How to make a relationship roadworthy Create emotional […]
Breaking resolutions completely normal: Rebecca Wallersteiner looks at new international research which suggest that breaking New Year Resolutions is something to be celebrated as an expression of spontaneity. We are only a few days into the New Year and many of us have made New Year resolutions. If you’ve already broken them don’t feel a […]
A major new gallery opens this week at Wellcome Collection explores the meaning of being human in the 21st century and our changing relationship with the world. What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? The Wellcome Collection, Euston has opened a major new gallery divided into four sections – Genetics, Minds […]
How often have you used the word ‘boundaries’ about others? Perhaps you’ve said your partner needs to get a better work-life balance with some boundaries or that your child needs boundaries at bedtime. But most of us rarely think how setting boundaries for ourselves could not only be useful but positively healthy. Yet a strong […]
Holidays are supposed to be stress-free breaks to recharge our batteries but not everyone finds themselves unwinding into a state of relaxed bliss. Unstructured time away from the daily grind can expose weakness in partner and family relationships. If your relationship is conducted by post-it note for most of the year and has stress points, […]
The ongoing holiday romance between heiress Chloe Green and the so-called ‘Hot felon’ Jeremy Meeks has been the subject of heated debate for the last several weeks. We ask Relationship counsellor Denise Knowles for her opinion on falling in love while wearing a bejewelled bikini on the beach is necessarily a good idea…. Holiday romances […]
If you want to learn how to ride a horse, you will usually progress further and faster with the help of a professional riding instructor. The same applies with relationships. It’s better to seek the help of an experienced relationship and sex therapist, and don’t wait until it is too late. Unfortunately, most people in […]