Knowing your worth is sometimes a lot harder than we realise. I’ve written about it before, years ago, but it will never become any less true. Now in 2020, it’s never been more important to not only to give yourself a little extra TLC, but also to value your own worth, and give yourself a chance to achieve everything you…
When you break up with someone you’ve been with for a long time, it can be really really difficult. You’ve gone from sharing everything with your best friend, to having lost the person you expected to spend the rest of your life with. Some people thrive when they become newly single after a large period of time in a relationship, but…
Feel like you’re constantly pining after someone who is just out of your reach? You’re chasing and chasing, yet they never seem to let you in. Sometimes you think you’re close to being with them, then out of the blue – it’s all pulled from under your feet. You’re fighting for their attention, their time, their love. You pretend you’re…
All good couples fight. Well, they at least disagree. They get irritated with each other now and again. But the question is: How often do serious clashes happen? How frequently do you find yourselves getting annoyed and getting in a bad mood with one another? The 80/20 Theory Last month, Glamour Magazine published an article about the 80/20 rule – and no, it…
With so much to do, and so little time, life often pushes us into situations where we are compelled to handle a lot all at once. Commitments, priorities, work, social activities, you name it – invariably when you have lots to juggle, you struggle. Please do excuse the rhyme. Things may start to slip, and you find yourself giving up things…
Focussing on hitting every single tick box in our partner ‘checklist’, is possibly the biggest mistake a singleton can make when dating. Everyone has one. Whether it is subconscious, or written down: most people have a checklist of character or personal traits which they look for in another person when dating. If the person they come across does not tick…
Let’s face the facts — the guy or gal you’re with has probably had sex with someone else. Perhaps more than you’d like. Perhaps in crazy ways which you presumed happened only in the most exclusive S&M clubs of cities. Nonetheless, if you want to be with your partner, it’s your moral imperative to get over it. No one’s going to say that it’s easy to deal with your…
The Chase – One person’s pursuit of another, fuelled by the desire to form a relationship So you’ve started seeing a guy, you quite like him, but you’re worried that you’ve started treading into ‘chasing him’ territory… How do you get him to chase you, and not push him away? 1. Remain a woman of high-value This is all about…
Regardless of how long you’re seeing someone, when they end things with you out of the blue, it can be seriously tough. It’s even worse when the old cracker of a chestnut ‘I’m just not ready to commit to something’ is pulled out of the bag. You end up inevitably asking yourself all these questions: What changed? Did I do…
Romantic comedy films are movies with light-hearted, humourous plotlines, centred on romantic ideals such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. It is by far my favourite genre. They cheer us up, make us laugh and inspire us to believe in love more than ever before. The ’90s gave us a vast array of classic rom-coms, many of which are still…
So this week I received my first, fully-fledged, negative piece of criticism. The comment in question highlighted how my lack-of-experience didn’t give me the right to write my posts. How my age means I clearly have not experienced enough of life to be in a position to express my ideas and opinions on relationships, dating and love. Firstly, I have…
I think it’s safe to say, the majority of women have spent a variable amount of time banging their heads against a brick wall due to being absolutely confuzzled about men. Whether it’s because of their behaviour, actions or simply because we just don’t understand their motives or reasoning behind their decisions, sometimes comprehending what’s going on in men’s brains…
So your relationship is going well and the time has come to introduce your partner to your family – or to meet theirs. Uh-oh. Only a handful of situations come to mind when thinking about the most nerve-wracking times you will encounter in a relationship. Meeting the parents is most definitely one of them. As the holidays draw closer, ‘tis…
A raw break-up is possibly one of the hardest, most painful things we ever have to go through. Even worse if it was never our decision to end things, it can be hard to know what to do with yourself in the aftermath of such a life-changing event. No matter how many kind words people give, or how many hugs…
As I sit on the long journey back to London from Aberystwyth, where I have just spent a gorgeous week’s holiday relaxing, eating and seeing my boyfriend, I can’t help but feel quite sad about saying ‘goodbye for now’ again. Being in a long distance relationship, saying goodbye for a period of (sometimes unknown) time, kind of comes with the…
So you’ve been seeing someone for a few weeks, you’ve been on a few dates, been round their house; you may have even slept together. Then all of a sudden – radio silence. Out of the blue, you no longer hear from them, they’ve disappeared off the face of the earth. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a classic example of…
With the gradual influx of dating websites and apps, it is becoming increasingly apparent that we are slowly losing the ability to actually meet people in the real world. Now don’t get me wrong, plenty of people I know have met their partners on Tinder or Match.com, as it is a great way of meeting new people. However single pringles…
Your twenties are arguably the biggest chunk of time in which you make (and learn from) a multitude of mistakes. We all get het up and worry when we make mistakes – from the small to the large. However, life is a classroom and often having these hiccups is the best way of progressing, growing and realising what you really…
I have a terrible tendency, despite all my posts on this blog, to completely do the opposite of what I suggest as advice. I fail at cutting out people that make my life harder, I struggle with going with the flow in relationships and I really suck at adjusting to change. I feel like a bit of a hypocrite. However,…
Relationships can be exciting, fulfilling and fun, however for even the biggest romantic, in the back of your mind lingers the little voice of cynicism warning you about letting your guard down and running the risk of getting your heart broken. For those who are all too familiar with the feeling of losing someone, and the time it takes to…
