1. Happy relationship = happy self It is the other way around: Your relationship life is a reflection of your personal emotional state. Your relationship won’t make you happy unless you are. 2. Next time it will be better If you carry the bricks from your past relationship you will end up building the same […]
Relationship Wisdom – 15 Types Of Relationship: Which One Do You Have?
There is often confusion about the kinds of relationship my clients are in, so let me define them here in this article. Any of these can also be stages you go through in your relationship life. Truly compatible: Depending on your definition of the ‘perfect relationship’ this is it. There is a high degree of […]
Relationship Wisdom – Repairing Past Hurt
Whenever you find yourself in a relationship you will sooner or later undoubtedly feel hurt. When feeling hurt it is however important to gain awareness over whether this is due to a current situation only or due to accumulated unresolved hurt from your past. Differentiating current and past Imagine growing a garden. You plant flowers, […]
Relationship Wisdom – 10 Communication Keys
In relationship communication we fall into the traps of ‘heard that before’ and ‘I know what he or she is going to say’. We often listen more to our own mind chatter than to the conversation that is going on in real life. We have failed to attend to our own needs and are therefore […]
Relationship Wisdom – Create A Relationship Vision
Many couples head into a relationship with lots of enthusiasm. This is good, right? This is what makes most relationships so interesting and exciting at the beginning. There are a lot of assumptions created from the honeymoon period hormones, which are then turned into expectations for the remainder of the relationship. Let’s have a look […]
Relationship Wisdom – Think Before You Speak
When you have been in relationship for a while, you might have noticed that the way you say things to your partner have changed from the beginning. What happened to the adoring conversations with this wonderful man who did everything for you? What about the sexy chats with the super cute woman that you dated? […]
Relationship Wisdom – I Just Do Not Love My Partner Anymore
It will have happened to most of us that we experience ‘love’ as an emotion, which does not remain forever. The notion of ‘forever’ however still lives on in our heads, either through what we have learnt from fairy tales, films or society’s expectation. Is forever outdated in today’s society? Changes in dependency We do […]
Relationship Wisdom – My Wife Does Not Want To Have Sex
Lack of sexual desire is a common relationship challenge that couples face. It does not always have to be the female partner who has the reduced sex drive. Couples facing this issue however do seldom have an erectile dysfunction. This article will look a bit deeper into these different issues. Clarification of different terms Erectile […]
Relationship Wisdom – Wedding Stress
This past weekend I have been at a wedding in Vienna. I was reminded of my own wedding, only that we decided for a small wedding with 7 people and this wedding was a larger event with 110 invitees coming from as far as Bolivia. Whether it is a small or a large wedding, the […]
Relationship Wisdom – My Partner Just Left Me
Clients in relationship counseling often make appointments when their relationship life gets turned upside down following a separation. If your partner has just left you, you will most probably experience a tumultuous time trying to find your way through feelings and experiences like shock, denial, sadness, despair, trying to understand and asking why, why, why. […]