Yoga can transform your body, mind, spirit, and relationships. I first started practicing Iyenga Yoga 20 years ago when I had an overuse injury from performing as a musician. I needed to find a way to help repair and strengthen my shoulder and I had heard great things about the benefits of yoga. This was long before I was a relationship … [Read more...] about 5 Surprising Ways Yoga Benefits Your Relationships
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Happy Couples Do These 10 Things Every Day
I wrote an article for the hugely popular blog MindBodyGreen about the things that happy couples do every day that makes their love and relationship grow stronger. Within 24 hours the post had gone viral and was shared over 7000 times and has now surpassed over 25,000 shares! I have had some wonderful feedback on Twitter and Facebook that … [Read more...] about Happy Couples Do These 10 Things Every Day
The Myth of “The One”: Does Your Soulmate Really Exist?
We all know the story. One day, we’ll hopefully meet someone who is just exactly right for us. Our soul mates, our life partners. Our be all and end all, in other words. Such a person will intuitively understand us, and being with them will have a sort of natural ease to it. Romantic, isn’t it? Well, not so much. Here are three reasons I think … [Read more...] about The Myth of “The One”: Does Your Soulmate Really Exist?
How to Save Your Marriage From Divorce
Divorce is costing Australia over $14 billion a year The end of a relationship is not something people enjoy thinking about. Nobody enters into a marriage with the expectation of divorce, and yet the fact is that a significant proportion of marriages dissolve eventually. Marriages are complicated. But, as with so many things in life, a little … [Read more...] about How to Save Your Marriage From Divorce
Life After Divorce: How to Deal with the End of Your Marriage
How do you deal with something as shocking as a divorce? The reasons for a marriage ending can be complicated and difficult. It could be because of communication and relationship breakdown after months or years of unresolved arguments, or sometimes a couple struggles to recover from an affair. Some couples stop putting time, energy, and love … [Read more...] about Life After Divorce: How to Deal with the End of Your Marriage
Dating with Kids: Don’t Do These 4 Things
The older you get, the more “baggage” there is. This is an inevitable fact of life- you gain more experiences and you’re not the only one who’s going to have a history when it comes to starting a new relationship. So what if you started dating someone with a kid, or maybe more than one kid. You’ve never had a kid of your own, and suddenly you’re … [Read more...] about Dating with Kids: Don’t Do These 4 Things
Workplace Relationships: Effective Communication Styles in the Workplace
I recently had the honour of writing for Her Business blog on the topic of workplace relationships. Her Business is the leading online resource for women business owners and entrepreneurs in Australia. Their blog has won numerous awards, including the winner of the 2013 Best Australian Blogs Competition in the business category and … [Read more...] about Workplace Relationships: Effective Communication Styles in the Workplace
Tinder App for Dating: Harmless or Harmful?
Tinder is a fast-growing, new location-based discovery app that is used for dating. Have you heard of the Tinder App for dating yet? Unlike other online dating platforms like eHarmony, Match.com or OkCupid, there is a particularly simpler aspect to Tinder, without any greater claims of compatibility or profile algorithms. Tinder users are simply … [Read more...] about Tinder App for Dating: Harmless or Harmful?
Conscious Uncoupling: Is This Just a Prettier Way of Saying “We’re Getting a Divorce”?
The split of Academy Award Winner Gwyneth Paltrow from Cold Play frontman Chris Martin recently has made news headlines. But not just because they are ending more than 10 years of marriage, but because of the way it was announced. Gwyneth announced the split on her blog Goop, under the headline 'conscious uncoupling'. The online reaction was a … [Read more...] about Conscious Uncoupling: Is This Just a Prettier Way of Saying “We’re Getting a Divorce”?
Love Sense: Dr Sue Johnson Speaks About the Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
Dr Sue Johnson is a leader in the field of relationships and couple therapy and is the primary founder of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, which is used as an approach to working with couples throughout the world. She calls herself an attachment theorist and researcher and she helps people learn how to have relationships that heal. Dr Johnson … [Read more...] about Love Sense: Dr Sue Johnson Speaks About the Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships