It’s a question most easily answered by those happily content in their relationships, and one which causes great pain to those who have lost it. Love is one of the most powerful forces, and it’s both amazing and terrifying because we cannot see it there. Different love There are all sorts of different loves, our first can’t-live-without, obsessive infatuation love,…
If you want it to last, don’t treat your relationship like its disposable The recent Channel 4 Series ‘Seven Year Switch’ highlighted how long term relationships all have their own problems. No relationship is perfect and they’re certainly not smooth sailing. Throughout the series, we followed the relationships of four couples who were stuck for different reasons and couldn’t find…
I was super excited to speak to Iona Yeung of 30 Ever After, dating and relationship coach and author extraordinaire. As a certified relationship and dating coach, specialising in young single women, Iona has a unique and experienced outlook on relationships and finding love. Sometimes it takes one breakup to change your perspective on life and love. For Iona, it…
When you’re in a relationship or have been dating someone for a while, it can be really easy to become super complacent in your happiness. You’re quite content, comfortable almost, in where you are. You think, “I don’t need to make the effort like I did in the beginning”. You think, “my partner likes the way I am, just how…
Does The Only Way Is Essex normalise abusive behaviour? Where does entertainment cross the line into something much darker and more troubling? The Only Way is Essex is one of my guilty pleasures, and I have been addicted since series one, with Amy Childs, Mark Wright and Sam Faiers. Over eight years, it has kept viewers hooked with its glossy brand of real-life…
Insecurity is responsible for the large majority of problems in relationships. Knowing how to stop being insecure in a relationship can save it. Insecurity is the feeling inside of uncertainty or anxiety about oneself; lack of confidence and feeling inadequate. Believe me, we’ve all felt it at one time or another. But while it’s pretty normal to have moments of doubting…
Back in January I was completely stunned to receive an email from the best and biggest blog publication – the fabulous Blogosphere Magazine. They had picked me to be in their Issue #16 In The Spotlight bloggers! First off, I was lucky to be picked from over 400 bloggers to be featured in the Top 10 bloggers, but to make things…
For some reason, many men are under the impression that it’s really hard to make a woman happy. On the contrary, it’s actually super simple, and there are a few ways which you may not have thought about… Making a woman happy really isn’t as hard as you think. Yes, we’re complex creatures, we have a variety of different personalities,…
Recently arriving on Netflix in the UK, the TV show Friends is undergoing something of a revival at the moment. More than a decade after the finale aired (and more than two decades since the show began), the show is still fondly remembered by millions. One of the most famous plot points on the decade-long will-they-won’t-they storyline of Ross and Rachel’s…
A long distance relationship isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s not for those scared of effort or commitment. It’s emotionally draining, heart-wrenching and ultimately not an ideal scenario for a budding romance. But it can work, and it can be worth it. The biggest learning curve from being in a long distance relationship, is that you shouldn’t have one just because you have…
It’s the classic fairy-tale story. Cinderella walks into the room and catches the eye of the prince. His jaw drops. He falls madly, crazily, (implausibly?) in love at first sight. But surely love at first sight is just for cute children’s stories, right? Wrong. New evidence suggests that actually, yes, love at first sight is a real thing… Two unrelated…
Dear Never Settle, I feel stuck. I’m caught between a rock and a hard place. I feel like I’m giving my all to my relationship, I put my heart on my sleeve and I just don’t feel like I’m getting the same in return. It’s made me really irrational and insecure – which only makes me more irritated because that’s…
Think back to the last argument you had in a relationship. It may have been last month, last week, yesterday, You may have never experienced an argument at all. However, if you have, there is one underlying reason behind all heated conversations and angry exchanges. When you lash out at each other, there is always one, subconscious answer for it,…
It’s the age of the six-second attention span, and grass is always greener attitude. It’s the era where you have a 50% chance of a divorce after marriage, and cheating is so normalised and rife, that most of us millennials and centennials inherently develop some kind of insecurity complex. Question is, is it possible in the 21st Century to have…
No one is born with a guard up. Walls are built when you’ve loved openly, with your heart on your sleeve, given free love unconditionally, and ended up being really hurt. Over time, through heartbreaks, rejections and trusts shattered, a subconscious, but very real guard can be put up. It wasn’t deliberate, it wasn’t instant, just completely natural when you’re trying…
You meet someone. You hit it off, and start really liking each other, and catching feelings is becoming a real possibility. There’s just one problem: for whatever reason, you can’t be together for long. There can be no future. They may be leaving for another country, or travelling around the world, or only in town for a few weeks. That,…
These infamous five love languages sound cheesy, but decoding them can really help your relationship The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman outlines five ways to express and experience love in different “love languages”. Let’s face it, it sounds pretty over-the-top lovey-dovey — so much so, many people think it probably can’t really be applied to…
Women say they want to date nice guys, but their actions and choices often send a different message. We’ve all been there, sometimes the ‘nice guy’ isn’t for us, and we look for someone with more mystery, someone, well, someone like a fuckboy. Dispelling the myth The issue is in how we use the term nice. When it comes to romantic interest, nice can…
Relationship weight gain is real, so why do we put on a few ‘love pounds’ when we’re loved up long-term? The number one cause of gaining weight, is by being in a relationship. Wait. What?! Did I hear that correctly? Yep. You heard right – the UK study by Diet Chef showed clear results that being in a relationship beats…
The long distance relationship is one which is much discussed, argued, frowned upon, and often thought of as a bit of a joke. Unfortunately, many of us know someone who’s cheated, or been cheated on whilst in the LDR. If we’re honest with ourselves, people care less about if someone is in an LDR and pursue them anyway, they’re often…
