Relationships

Communications: What are you really saying?

Generally we tend to ‘feel’ our way in any new relationship. We exercise great consideration – being mindful to avoid offending that new person in our life or being misunderstood. We do this by choosing the tone of our voice, the words we utter, our body language, and so on. Have you noticed how when you are comfortable in the space of another you can accept a friendly ‘touch’ to the arm, or allow another person to stand in your ‘bubble’ (space)?

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Tom and Sarah are fictitious, but their stories are typical and anything but!  [Read more…]

Fathers – new ones, experienced ones, those who live with their children, those who are estranged, those whose children have left the nest… and those who are no longer ‘in touch’, for whatever reason. The following are, I’m sure you know, recognisable statements commonly said, thought or heard: [Read more…]

For mothers out there, help is often welcome and there is a vast array of resources dedicated to this need, and people with far more appropriate experience than I to offer.

I want to dedicate this article to fathers, and to bring some avenue of knowledge and experience, opening up for discussions to the men who are new to parenthood, and for whom, in my experience there is an expectation to just get on with it because during the pregnancy and childbirth the mother took all the inconvenience and pain (true enough) … therefore men… you just need to just get on with it! [Read more…]

An age old challenge for society and for couples – or colleagues in the workplace – is the business of relationships. We are all different, of course, having been exposed and influenced through our lives by various experiences. Put two or more different people together and, at some stage or another, something is likely to give. [Read more…]