Are you a young person struggling with love? It's not every day I get called a "love expert", but when SBS PopAsia Radio wanted to speak to me to give some relationship advice and love tips to young people for Valentine's Day, I was glad to help out. When it comes to relationships, young people often experience lots of challenges and struggles … [Read more...] about Valentine’s Day: Advice for Young Lovers [Audio]
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10 Things I’ve Learned About Love as a Couples Therapist
When I first started providing couples therapy soon after graduation from my counselling studies, I really had little experience of how to help couples that were coming to see me. It was truly a baptism by fire because as I started to sit with couple after couple in the first year of my new career, I had to come up with something to help each … [Read more...] about 10 Things I’ve Learned About Love as a Couples Therapist
What is Love? The Science Behind the World’s Greatest Feeling
The science behind love reveals a complex and important phenomena “Love is a many splendored-thing”. When Mark Zuckerberg launched the original Facebook, it was not complete until a person's relationship status was incorporated into user profiles. We strive for love because we derive happiness from it. Pretty much every song on the radio is a … [Read more...] about What is Love? The Science Behind the World’s Greatest Feeling
The 10 Best TED Talks About Love
I don't know about you, but I just love TED talks. What can be better than hearing an engaging, informative, and sometimes profoundly moving talk in less than 20 minutes by some of the world's most prominent thought leaders? TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, was founded in 1984 as a one-off conference and has grown as … [Read more...] about The 10 Best TED Talks About Love
The Power of Giving and Receiving Love
I recently volunteered for a charity day called Help-Portrait, which I found to be a surprisingly moving experience. This got me thinking about the power of giving and receiving love in our relationships- and the difficulties many people have with this. This post explores the joys and challenges of giving and receiving love in intimate … [Read more...] about The Power of Giving and Receiving Love