As the Christmas lights go up and the heart-warming festive TV adverts appear, anyone who hasn’t confirmed how they are spending Christmas this year may be feeling under pressure to commit. Who to spend Christmas with sounds like such a simple question but it can actually be rather complicated and cause a lot of stress […]
Ten tips for a happy relationship
1. Talk constructively How you say things is as important as what you’re saying. If you and your partner are having a disagreement, don’t just attack them or go all-out criticising. Why not try using ‘I’ statements? By saying ‘I feel’ rather than ‘You always…’ you’re taking responsibility for your emotions and your partner won’t […]
The Best Medicine? The importance of relationships for health and wellbeing
The Best Medicine? The importance of relationships for health and wellbeing http://www.relate.org.uk/policy-campaigns/publications/best-medicine-importance-relationships-health-and-wellbeing
Parenting Troubled Teens
As parents of troubled teens it’s logical that we try to look for a reason why this has happened in our family. Why us? Why me? Understandably, you may look for someone or something to blame; whose fault is it? Maybe you blame yourself, your partner, your teenager or their friends? Blaming yourself or others […]
Official spring time – time to spring clean your relationship?
Every year we get a reminder to take our cars in for an MOT to ensure that they’re roadworthy. But what about our relationships? Do we need a reminder to check in with our partners, or should we just carry on until the wing mirrors fall off, and we can no longer see the relationship […]