Express your love

Perhaps the most important communications we make in our relationships are those which express to our partner how much we love and value him or her. If we are expressing our love a lot, then it's highly likely that all of our communications with our ...

Overcoming the fear of intimacy

In a close relationship, sex is safe: you can communicate needs and show your feelings without fear of rejection or ridicule. But many people – it can tend to be men especially – even though they may acknowledge a need for more closeness in their rel...

Independent loving

Maintaining independence in a relationship does not mean leading separate lives. The truly independent couple shares an understanding that allows each person to develop and grow within the framework of the partnership.

Money, money

Relationships can be torn at the seams through financial incompatibility and miss-planning. She earns more than he. He overspends on clothes, cars, booze; she wants the house with the third bedroom. Fundamentally, different people have different inco...

Enhance your self-esteem

There's nothing more sexy than confidence. Assess your confidence levels, overcome shyness and learn to be more assertive, with these easy tips and tricks to boost your self-esteem.

Creative Arguing

When you and your partner have an argument, do you end up frustrated and angry? Do they last all day and never seem to be resolved? Do you feel as if you’re always giving in against your will? If so, it’s time to make all those arguments more constru...

How relationships progress

The ups and downs of life with a partner are familiar to all of us – but do you know why the course of true love rarely runs smoothly?