Mind & Emotions

It happens more than most of us want to admit – but using our kids as a dumping ground for our pent-up emotions, is not a healthy habit.

Unlike a spur of the moment ‘row,’ relationship fatigue sneaks up gradually, and is more likely to occur in long term relationships where partners have begun to take each other for granted.

Emotional labour was a term first coined in 1983 by sociologist, Arlie Hochschild, when she was in the midst of studying the experiences of flight attendants.

Few beliefs are more quietly paralysing than the thought, “It’s too late.” It creeps in when decisions feel complicated, or when the past seems littered with “should haves.”

Doula – it’s a word which has arrived relatively recently in our vocabulary, yet its origins go back centuries.

We can all use the post-Easter period as a time for reflecting on transformation in our own lives – something especially important as we grow older.

It’s a funny thing about getting older—sometimes, the more freedom we have, the more guilty we feel using it. But why is enjoying ourselves so often tangled up with guilt?

Hormonal changes are a juggling act – and how a family deals with it can make all the difference to how the household holds together

For decades, ageing was framed as a narrowing, but for many, getting older has less to do with decline and far more to do with freedom.

There’s another type of anticipatory anxiety which barely gets a mention, yet it effects many of us, not just on a daily basis, but on multiple occasions throughout the day