Why Our Childhood Sets The Scene For Life-Long Relationships
The quality of our foremost relationships in our lives are crucial to all aspects of our adult life. Humans are intrinsically hardwired to survive, and the most powerful drive we have as infants is to form emotional bonds with our primary caregiver so they can help us stay alive, and to help us feel safe. […]
10 Early Warning Signs of A Potentially Abusive Relationship
The early warning signs are always there for a potentially abusive partner, but so easily overlooked in the early stages of a new relationship. If there is one common thread that unites us as human beings, it is our desire to find that special someone to share our life with, who understands us, who enjoys […]
9 Types of Domestic Violence and Abuse
Domestic violence and abuse takes a number of forms, even though you may think that it involves only physical threat and visible injury. Abuse is behaviour that instils fear in someone through direct or indirect controlling, manipulation, threats, psychological and emotional torment over a period of time. These are tactics used repeatedly and deliberately in order to gain power […]
Resentment: the Relationship Killer
There are few things more corrosive to a relationship than resentment. You know the feeling resentment gives you when you feel that someone has let you down: that simmering, sour, irritable feeling in the pit of your stomach, a deep sense of unfairness. Resentment appears when you feel unacknowledged, unheard, feel unfairly treated, taken advantage […]
Relationship Alert: 7 Signs and 7 Causes of a Toxic Relationship
Many people come to discover that the same unhealthy relationship patterns repeat again and again. If you have experienced a number of painful relationships that fall short of what you expected or hoped for, despite your best efforts or intentions, then consider toxic relationship patterns as a possible cause. What’s A Toxic Relationship? Toxicity refers […]
