Jealousy, otherwise known as the green-eyed monster, is one of the harder human emotions to experience in romantic relationships. And it feels especially intense when it involves your partner’s ex. But jealous feelings, besides being among the least attractive emotional states, tend to harden over time. If it’s not addressed, romantic jealousy can lead to problems in your […]
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As you’re probably well aware, Australians voted to legalise same-sex marriage in the voluntary postal survey, by a large margin—61.6% for to 38.4% against. And almost 80% of eligible voters participated, so this result has more weight than most global elections. Among all age groups, participation exceeded 70%, including younger voters. The ABS reported that
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When you start dating someone new, the experience can feel wildly different from the last time you dated. This is especially true if you’ve been away from the field for a while. But humans are predictable, and our relationships fall into patterns. What stage of dating are you in? There are five stages of love
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It was great to see Clinton Power + Associates recently named in a list of one of the top blogs for marriage counselling and relationships. I’ve been regularly blogging about relationship issues for singles and couples since 2009. In that time I’ve written over 200 blog posts on a variety of topics including divorce, online
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Guest post by Dalila Jusic-LaBerge, LMFT Feeling betrayed can make it harder to move on after a breakup. Going through a divorce or a breakup stirs some very difficult feelings for the majority of people. There are several reasons why people divorce or end a relationship, and based on them you may have a harder or easier time
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Can you discuss big differences in your relationship? Have you ever been in a relationship where you’ve had big differences that have been hard to deal with? It’s an interesting dilemma where for some couples it means they can discuss and debate their differences. For other couples it can be a dealbreaker that means the
Has your relationship lost its spark since those first few years when you often felt excited to see each other? When you first met and started dating, you probably didn’t have to think about how to create excitement and interest in the time you spent together. This is normal because the early stages of a
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A painful divorce is one of the worst experiences you can go through. Let’s not sugarcoat it – it’s rough. A relationship that was once joyful and reliable splinters apart, and all that’s left is lawyer’s bills and bitterness. But humans are remarkably resilient; we heal, and we move on. Dating again after divorce can
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Online dating has become such a social norm it seems like meeting a mate by chance in a bar is now the exception. Online dating does work—many successful marriages have started that way—but there is a degree of uncertainty to it. The Internet allows anyone to fabricate a gender, age, location, and appearance. So how do
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I’m thrilled to announce that Clinton Power + Associates’ Sydney office has moved to 110/120 Bourke St Woolloomooloo NSW 2011! (Check out the photo of our gorgeous new office space above.) While I’ve loved working in Macquarie St for the last 3 years, we had outgrown the space, so our new counselling office is significantly
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