Love languages: 5 powerful relationship tools
The 5 love languages Developed around the idea that the way we communicate love for one another has a ‘language’ and thus one can either be proficient or can easily...
4 temperaments: Understanding Personality
U nderstanding personality as a means to respond to our own and others defaults and thus learn how to interpret and relate is such an important tool in relationships. This...
Understanding Personality Types: introversion extroversion
P ersonality types arise from that aspect of your identity that is a relatively predictable, stable and organised set of psychological traits that influence how you respond to your environment....
Dealing with emotional reasoning:#7 negative thinking styles
L ogic is the primary helpful process in the rational evaluation. Logic evaluates what can be seen or reasonably predicted based on fact. Emotional reasoning evaluates and predicts on the...
Mind your mind:#1 negative thinking styles
T here were three people waiting at the bus stop on a blustery wet morning. The bus they were going to catch, slows down, indicates that it is full, and...
Identity: Me, Myself & I
It may seem rather odd to kick off a blog about relationships, by addressing the relationship we have with ourselves. However, if I cant get on with myself, I certainly...
So… Who Do You Say I Am?
I've been called many names over the years. Not all negative, but not all helpful. I have assumed, presumed and consumed a variety of identities; absorbing some from others and...
Finding Myself As I Find Father God
N ot everyones cup of tea, but I must confess always having had a fascination for discovering the influences of birth order on my relationships, how early childhood experiences frame my...
love hurts on your own
T here was a time when I attended a “New Age” camp, the idea being, like with most religions and philosophies that by doing so I’d be somewhat more enlightened...
shame on who?
S hame is a really painful feeling of humiliation and unworthiness because of a consciousness of something we participated in or partnered with that we reflect upon with regret. Shame...
Why do we compare ourselves to others?: #5 of 12 Negative thinking styles
I 'm standing in the queue in the supermarket with 4 kids in tow; variously in, on and around the shopping trolley. The young lady behind me is beautifully quaffed...