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After a while you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning...

Anger is a healthy, positive emotion that is a message to let us know that our boundaries have been transgressed, or that something has...

I took part in some training a short while ago that finished with the wonderful invitation to be fluid, and imperfect. The trainer was...

So much of human relating is transactional. We live in an economy where most everything has a price. We expect to pay to receive...

I was asked on social media recently to talk about how to overcome boredom in relationships. Here’s a blog extending the soundbites I had...

“The fear of receiving resonates in the deepest levels of the psyche. To receive is to let life happen, to open to grief and loss, to...

“Recognising the difference between power and love is difficult if we were raised in a home where power was disguised as love” Marion...

My inspiration this weekend is Mary Oliver’s The Journey. Wishing you a weekend enlivened and uplifted by your own journeying. One day...

A theme in therapeutic work is the way relationships can rupture and repair. Both for couples, and for individuals, this is often a...

When I heard the phrase ‘don’t abandon yourself’ recently, it resonated deeply. It struck me as I pondered that it’s easy sometimes to...

I want to reflect today on the idea of leaving well. So often in modern living I hear stories of people disappearing from the lives of...

A consistent theme bringing couples into couples counselling is the loss of their sense of togetherness, a loss of intimacy. I often...

It’s hard to beat the feeling of really being with someone. That feeling of parent and child spontaneously connecting in an experience. ...

I was reading some Esther Perel this week, and happened upon a quote about self-love that really spoke to me. She describes it as “about...