Relationships
How and when to end a lifelong friendship.
There are fabulous friendships, and there are toxic friendships – the latter of which can have adverse impacts on a person’s physical and mental health according to a clinical neuropsychologist. But there is a way to help salvage a faltering friendship. Watch Insight’s episode Friends Forever via SBS On Demand. Diana and her best friend…
Continue ReadingDating in Coronavirus Lockdown – Relationship Therapist Advice
Sami Lukis: ‘The perils of dating during lockdown – and the questions to ask yourself before you start’. When the pandemic first hit, there was a moment when singles wondered if we’d have to put our dating lives on hold, indefinitely. Mask wearing and social distancing aren’t exactly conducive to romantic interactions. But, like many…
Continue ReadingOn the Couch: The Rise of Friendship Therapy
There’s no roadmap for dealing with struggling friendships; no tried-and-tested path to healing after a painful friend breakup. Article by Alexandra English As a therapist, Rachel Voysey has spent her entire career dealing in the expected — though not insignificant — dramas of infidelity and divorce within couples. The past few years, though, have seen…
Continue ReadingEVENING
Sail through the end of the day, wind down for bedtime and sleep your best sleep ever. HELP SOMEONE OUT Whether it’s leaving a note in your elderly neighbor’s letterbox offering to collect groceries for them or taking time to call and check in on a loved one, helping others will also help you. “Getting out…
Continue ReadingSami Lukis: ‘Why I’ll never ignore my “third brain” again’
A few months ago, I went on a date with a 65-year-old. Who lives in another country 80 per cent of the time. My head told me it didn’t make sense to date someone who was geographically impractical and almost 20 years older than the oldest man I’d ever dated. But my heart urged me…
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