Relationships Gifts at Christmas
Continuing the theme of keeping relationships healthy during difficult times, a group of counsellors came together recently and tried to pinpoint exactly what made happy relationships, what are the...
View ArticleA new year .. a new start
Today is the first day back at work for many people. Although the break was welcomed by most at the end of a particularly difficult year for this country, the media was full of news of relationship...
View ArticleThe adult children of separating parents
Was on The Late Lunch on LMFM last Friday to talk about ‘When a relationship ends – overcoming the emotional rollercoaster of separation’ which was published last November. Separation is such a...
View ArticleDisposable relationships / Disposable people
We are living in an age where almost everything is disposable. It appears, even in these cash strapped days that we dispose of more items than we save. Can the same be said of our relationships? Recent...
View ArticleWaiting for something to happen
We wait and we wait, and still nothing happens! He doesn’t say sorry, and she doesn’t reach out a hand in friendship. I ask you, and yes, challenge you, who will do something to break the atmosphere if...
View ArticleLoneliness in marriage
There is an assumption that being in a committed relationship, or being married, somehow guarantees against loneliness. Many people want and appreciate the companionship and the assurance of knowing...
View ArticleWhy Breakups Happen
When we find ourselves falling in love, it can be exciting and anxiety-inducing at the same time. What I mean by this is that we open our hearts to someone and yet by doing so, we are now vulnerable...
View ArticleTrapped in a loveless marriage
It’s been a busy week following the publication of ‘When A Relationship Ends – Surviving The Emotional Rollercoaster of Separation’ – the reaction to an interview with Ryan Tubridy on his show on...
View ArticleDomestic Violence Goes Further Than The Front Pages…
The pictures in the media of Charles Saatchi with his fingers around Nigella Lawson‘s neck has brought the subject of intimate partner abuse into the spotlight. I fear that society’s prurient interest...
View ArticleLove is Blind…
Most of us at some point in our lives wonder what life is all about. We spend a great deal of our time ‘searching’. Often we are not aware we are doing this and when we do realise what we have been...
View ArticleWhat Did I Ever See in You?
So often in Relationships Ireland we hear at least one person in the room say ‘I don’t know what the hell I saw in you’. This is usually followed by a barrage of criticism and destructive abuse. What...
View ArticleSunshine of Your Love
When the sun shines and the wind doesn’t blow, and the rain is absent, as in the last few days, our inner selves emerge. The majority of us are in better form and we feel better when the sun shines and...
View ArticleIs Social Media Making us More Anti-Social?
Maybe it’s me but I am beginning to suspect that ‘tekkys’ are taking over the world. Over the past couple of weeks here in Relationships Ireland we have been inundated with requests asking us to...
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Encouragement and Courtesy – Relationships Ireland
Encouragement and Courtesy When we are struggling what do we need? Lots of encouragement that’s what we need. We need the reassurance that we can get through the problems that life throws at us all....
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