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Many breakups could be avoided by taking the simple step of sitting down, together as a couple, to do a regular review rather than waiting until problems overwhelm Marriage and all relationships are a complex mix of shifting needs and desires and functions against a backdrop of

The research is so strong and unambiguous on the positive effects of  grateful thinking that many clinicians, like myself have applied it directly to their work, by asking clients to make a written note of three things that they have been appreciative of that day and to give

The reality is older people are getting smarter richer and healthier every day Ageing is no longer about sitting in a rocking chair Older people skydive, travel, cycle and get tattoos, have a love life, even new partners So don't consign yourself, if you are over 70, or anyone

Sixties - New Horizons Is it the beginning of old age I prefer the term Senior It implies knowing more and having more experience That is what sixty is about The truth is all of life is a transition We are all Pioneers on our own journey You  have never been here

“He's crying on the TV about his family situation” In May this year, football striker- Jonathan Walters gave an emotional interview on the Late Late Show I sat on my couch and listened to him speak of how he felt when his mother died and he was a young boy aged eleven He

Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing themselves ( Leo Tolstoy) What we thought would last forever, has not! What we thought we would have tomorrow, we have not! Change is inevitable and is part of life It is what brings everything forward as

If you don't know where you are going you will likely end up somewhere else Do you look around you and feel others seem to have their life together in a way that you don't Do you wonder how others are contented and you aren't Do you wonder where they get all the energy

We feel stress build when something changes and that change causes a further demand upon us Stress is accumulative, so pressures you have at home work like an underlay for the pressures you have in work and can result in stress Understanding and managing our own specific

Do we really need to know who stepped out of the marriage bed first or who is at fault when a marriage breaks up This kind of intimate information can damage relationships with extended family and friends Relationships that are a big part of life for the children in most

Loss and Grief a part of all our lives Grief comes in to all our lives at some point Perhaps we instinctively think of grief as linked to death but in truth it is more correctly linked to loss Loss is something we can experience in many ways It may be loss connected to a