Our relationships determine our quality of life and how healthy they are is directly linked to how healthy we are, both physically and mentally. A healthy relationship shouldn’t be hard work, but it will need some work if we are going to get the most out of it. So, in this blog post I am going to share with you the 6 keys to a healthy relationship. Key No. 1 – Understanding Not just any old understanding however, Empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of […]...
Techniques to help you to cope When a relationship ends it can be devastating, especially if you did not anticipate or want the ending. You can find yourself completely overwhelmed by feelings of rejection, anger, anxiety, loneliness and hopelessness about the future. Coping with the end of an important relationship is a process that we must go through, this process has been designed, in a way, by nature, to enable us to adapt to the loss, so you are not going to be able to skip it. However, the following […]...
Let’s face it. Sooner or later we have all asked ourselves ‘Why did I choose him/her?’. After all, we meet a numerous amount of people during our daily routine. So how do we select our better halves among many prospective candidates? And which are the elements that influence romantic partner’s choice? The science of psychology has attempted to answer these questions, and has achieved a considerable success in doing so. Among the various psychological models used by clinicians and researchers to investigate the subject is the attachment theoretical approach. Attachment […]...
Do you constantly worry that your partner will leave you? Do you become clingy and desperate when your partner pulls away from you? Do you overact to minor things they say or do, and interpret them as signs that they don’t want to be with you? Can you be excessively jealous and possessive? Do you get angry and accuse your partner of not being loyal or faithful? Do you struggle to be away from your partner, even for a few days? Do you sometimes detach, leave or withdraw to punish […]...