What Do Your Relationships Say About You? Every now and again, we are confronted with a series of questions about achievement, failure and success. We can bury the answers in denial, or we can face the truth about who we are and what we’ve done with our lives over the last 12 months or more. And sometimes…

Do You Cling To Relationships Long After They Have Ended? Sometimes we forget to trust our intuition. Sometimes we don’t read or want to know the signs — the signs that a certain relationship or friendship is not actually serving its purpose anymore. Some people stay with us forever, and others only stay for a short while. Some people come…

Drawing Up A Will Is Not Enough. You Also Need To Create A File Containing Your Personal information. Why? Drawing up a will is not enough. You also need to create a file with all your necessary information — for those who will have to sort out your affairs. Yet doing so, is often swept under the carpet. This is because even though we know something needs to be…

Did You Know That The Process Of Choosing Who To Vote For, Is Very Similar To Choosing A Partner? What a year so far! Just as we were getting over Covid, the Ukraine war began, creating a financial ripple effect across the planet with regards food, oil and gas supplies…

Do You Project What You Fear Onto Others, Thereby Provoking Them Until They Explode? As a relationship therapist, I often have to also address childhood issues. This is because sometimes it is worth going back in time to understand what we’ve gleaned from our families, our parents and siblings, with…

Have you Got A Shameful Secret, That You Want No One To Know About? Have You Got A Shameful Secret, That You Want No One To Know About? From client observations, it seems that many people carry something they don’t always wish others to know about. Your embarrassing secret may…

Is Your Boss Your Emotional Mirror? Over the last few years, we all learnt a few lessons about others and also ourselves, particularly via the Covid pandemic — and that people: bosses and colleagues can mirror our issues. Let me explain: Covid has nudged us, to become more aware of the people around us, the community…

Money Matters: “When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window.” Money is always an important factor within any relationship. And during relationship therapy it gets dealt with accordingly. This is because money issues are often mirrored within the dynamics of a relationship and as a…

3 Tips On How To Help a Recovering Mother From Any Addiction. 3 Tips On How To Help a Recovering Mother From Any Addiction. Introduction. Being a mother can be extremely stressful and lonely at times. Looking after children on your own as many do here in the West, can…