New Relationship Anxiety
New relationship anxiety is a common yet rarely discussed feature of early relationships. Find out whether it affects you.
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A period of adjustment
How has this pandemic changed your perspective on socialising? Has it affecting what you want to do? With whom? How you feel after?
Five ways to tend to existing relationships in the midst of NRE
I’ve talked a lot about the impact that NRE can have in previous posts – but a lot of the issues that I see people dealing with are really about NRE affects someone’s ability to maintain existing relationships. This post is all about how you can tend your existing connections while you’re in the middle …
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Communicating around breaks – Part 2 – Initiating a break in conflict
When you initiate a break in conflict it is usually most effective to focus on the fact that you are initiating it for your own benefit, rather than making observations about someone else’s emotions or needs. We are the experts in our own emotional state and our own emotional needs. When we express those it …
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How do I notice whether I need a break?
I’ve already admitted that this is one of the relationship skills I struggle most with, but on the plus side that means it is one I’ve given a lot of thought to. We all have a default when it comes to breaks in conflict. Some of us default to thinking that breaks are an excellent …