Relationships are emotional bonds and disruptions to those bonds lead to emotional pain. It takes teamwork to manage emotional pain. Most important, feelings like love, joy and happiness as well as anxiety, anger and pain may arise at any time. We Read More
Blog Successful Relationships Vivian Baruch
30 Mar Nurture Your Relationship
Spending couple time together and doing things to nurture your relationship is very important. This is what the Gottmans call putting deposits into your emotional bank account. Just like a bank account, if you’ve made regular deposits, when an Read More
25 Feb Overcoming Sexual Disappointment – What You Can Do
This blog about overcoming sexual disappointment is adapted from a post written by one my sex education teachers, Martha Kauppi. For my clients who are therapists, I highly recommend you get some training from Martha. You can read her blog Read More
24 Jan Relationship peace and contentment
Welcome to our first Newsletter for 2019. I hope you've had a peaceful and love-filled time over the festive season. January is a time when many people reflect on the past year and what you'd like to do differently this year. It's often a Read More
21 Dec Holiday Season Relationship Tips
The holiday season is upon us. However you celebrate it, our culture is full of ideas of what to give to others. But how do you give to and nurture your intimate relationship? Even though holidays can be painful for some of us, here are some holiday Read More
27 Nov Mindful Sex
Mindful sex is when you’re totally and fully absorbed in the physical sensations of your body. Mindful sex doesn’t mean you won't have distracting thoughts. What it does mean is that you practice letting these thoughts to go, whenever they arise, Read More
22 Oct How to manage painful emotions through mindfulness
You can learn to manage painful emotions through mindfulness. Human beings are emotional creatures. We all have painful as well as pleasant emotions. We also have emotions which are “neutral”. These are neither pleasant or painful, according to Read More
22 Sep Myths About Orgasms – What All Women Should Know
There are so many myths about orgasms. Orgasms feel different to everyone and are different each time. No two orgasms are the same. For cisgendered women, what you experience in orgasm depends on the context you’re in. Context means the following: Read More
31 Aug How to Build Trust in Your Relationship
At the beginning of a relationship, it is common to have a high level of trust in your relationship. This means you have a strong sense of confidence that your partner has your best interests at heart. During this honeymoon phase, you often can Read More
30 Jul Fun, play, novelty & pleasure – very important for relationships
If you want to revive your relationship, you need to do more than learn how to fight fair. An important feature of flourishing relationships is that they’re defined by considerable amounts of fun, play, novelty & pleasure. This includes Read More