We are conditioned to treat independence as an absolute virtue. But inside an intimate relationship, this performative dependability can backfire dramatically. When you refuse to show your boundaries, your exhaustion, or your raw patches, you inadvertently push your partner away.

Parental alienation happens when one parent manipulates, consciously or not, the child(ren) to reject the other parent, despite there being no reason to. Parental alienation is child abuse!

What is the key to lasting relationships? Understanding our triggers, emotional baggage, preferences, family conditioning, and inner narratives is crucial for a healthy connection. The more we understand and manage ourselves, the more likely we are to build stronger, more fulfilling relationships. But here’s the nuance I would like to bring into the conversation: when are we ever truly “ready”?

What if the key to reigniting your relationship isn't trying to recreate the past, but learning how to evolve your intimacy with time?

Healthy relationships are born when two healthy, balanced adults come together.

While men and women may express their needs differently on the surface, both engage in sex to fulfil emotional and physical needs.

One the biggest challenges I see couples face is the misunderstanding and differing expectations around what it means to be in a healthy rel

Being intimate involves opening up and sharing parts of ourselves that are delicate, fragile, and would cause great pain.

People often associate intimacy with physical closeness, but it is much more than that.

So much fear! So much shame!! So much pain!!! “Life is so simple A little boy, a little girl Laughing and loving Tryin' to figure out...

What has been around since time immemorial and yet continues to be analysed, scrutinised, and debated? The article "The Changing Face of...

Intimate, adult relationships are built one day at the time, one tiny gesture at the time. Yes, the big gifts, gestures and experiences add value too, but nothing reaches deep, as deep as daily gestures of love, compassion, empathy and consideration do.

The common view is that a good relationship is a harmonious one. On balance, yes, we do want an intimate relationship to overall be one of harmony, growth, collaboration, companionship, intimacy, support and love. However, we all enter relationships with baggage.

Contrary to popular belief, healthy relationships require conflict. Sadly, the word ‘conflict’ comes laden with negative connotations. It is important, however, that we expand our understanding of this concept and include within it the idea that conflict is also natural, ‘being in opposition’ or ‘coming into disagreement’ about the natural differences we encounter in everyday life.

When the relationship is "broken" sex suffers

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This article will address a typically Asian phenomenon, 'tiger parenting', however, it is my experience that people from the West are...

The two articles published by the BBC this week (see below) are a good reminder of yet another dialogue we are not having: sex in the latter years of life. Let's remember that we have the potential to be sexual until the end of our days. Needs change with age and we can do more to educate people to healthily enjoy their partnerships and sexual activities, no matter the age.

It takes courage to sit still for a moment and look within... really look within. Only few are willing to take a moment of pause and look at that part of us that we know is there, is suffering, is calling for attention, but that it is too painful to intentionally look at. And yet, it is from those moments, and by looking in the abyss, that we often emerge renewed...

Readers asked, “We are married for a long time and have no more passion. How can we reignite our passion?”