Posts Tagged ‘Build Trust’
An Introduction to Boundaries; A Complete Primer to Empower Your Relationships (Part 1)
Boundaries has become a real buzzword in popular psychology, and these days in almost all of my client intakes someone cites “boundaries” as one of their issues. But what the fuck does that even mean? In this introduction to boundaries we look at defining boundaries, common challenges, and identifying your strengths & gaps.
Read MoreIs Your Phone Damaging Your Relationship? 21 Strategies to Take Control.
There are so many ways you’ll find your phone damaging your relationships. The couples I work with on “the phone thing” have three main gripes;
*One person is “chatting” online, to exes, to friends or colleagues, or to others, in a way that feels to their partner like infidelity
*Someone is uncomfortable with the level or type of personal sharing on a public platform.
*One partner feels like there is an issue with presence, level of connection, or quality of their time together.
3 Practical Approaches to Being Best Friends With Your Partner
Being Best Friends with your partner is about your ability to connect with each other.
It is the element that sustains your love beyond any challenge or change in your lives. Given that 69% of relationship issues are unsolvable, and 16% of those lead to gridlock, wherever we build connection we will also find contrasts.
The deepest work in navigating these differences, is discerning for yourself “can I bring grace & generosity to accepting this contrast will persist? Am I ready to engage & generate solutions? Or is this, in fact, intolerable? And this deep work requires strong friendship.
Read MoreIs Social Media a Force for Good or Evil in Relationships?
With social media and electronic devices becoming omnipresent in our lives, how can we keep our sense of agency in the way we use them? And is their influence on our relationships a force of good, or evil? The Sugar Doctor and Kia Handley discuss the impact of social media in intimate relationships. [Includes audio & full transcript]
Read MoreHow to Say Sorry (and Really Mean It)
How to say sorry is so fundamental to our relationships, that it ought to be taught at every level of education. Why do people find it so hard to say sorry? And what constitutes a great apology? [Includes audio & full transcript]
Read MoreHow do I Manage Sexual Attraction Outside my Relationship?
If you’re in a relationship, and sexually attracted to someone else, do you “BLOCK or FUCK” it? How do you CHANNEL sexual energy and become a true CREATOR?
Read MoreHot Tips to Define Your Boundaries
How to define your boundaries is one of the trickiest things to navigate in a relationship; Even when we are clear about what our personal boundaries are, it can still be a challenge to articulate and maintain them with others. Qualitative researcher, Dr Brené Brown, says that according to her research, the primary reasons people…
Read MoreFeedback: The Art of Giving, Receiving, and Implementing
Many people believe they’re not getting results they deserve, but they ARE getting the results they’ve designed. Use feedback to transform your relationships…
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